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Florida’s Ron DeSantis can boast being one of the most pro-freedom US governors in terms of Covid-19 rules, but he now regrets even going as far as ordering a 30-day lockdown last year, calling it a “huge mistake.” “We wanted to mitigate the damage,” DeSantis said on Friday, in an exclusive interview with the Epoch Times.  Now in hindsight, the 15 days to slow the spread […]

Users trying to access the social media platform Twitter on Friday evening saw the ominous message “Something went wrong.” The company’s blog, where outage explanations are normally posted, was also offline. The tracking website DownDetector showed more than 50,000 reports of the outage in just 15 minutes, shortly after 5 pm Pacific time, the timezone at Twitter’s San Francisco, California headquarters. Attempts to access Twitter’s blog […]

President Joe Biden has raised the ire of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other immigration proponents by apparently breaking his pledge to raise predecessor Donald Trump’s historically low cap on refugee admissions to the US. “Completely and utterly unacceptable,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) said on Friday. “Biden promised to welcome immigrants, and people voted for him based on that promise. Upholding the xenophobic and racist policies of the […]

The 19-year-old former FedEx employee suspected of killing eight and wounding five people during a rampage at an Indianapolis warehouse was questioned by the FBI last year after his mother claimed he had suicidal ideas. Police responded to the massive FedEx facility southwest of the Indianapolis international airport late on Thursday. They found multiple casualties and the suspect dead, of what they said was a self-inflicted […]

A potentially fatal blood-clotting disease is 30 times more common among people who have received the Covid-19 vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer than those given the troubled AstraZeneca jab, researchers have found. A team of scientists from the University of Oxford has found that after vaccination, Vaxzevria (formerly AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine) recipients were less likely to suffer portal vein thrombosis (PVT) – blood clots in […]

Rising Russian star Andrey Rublev dumped out Spanish clay court master Rafael Nadal in a stunning upset in their quarter-final meeting at the Monte Carlo Masters on Friday. The Russian demonstrated nerves of steel to complete a surprising 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 win over the Spaniard. And while Nadal has won the competition on 11 occasions, the victory marks the first time that Rublev has made it to […]

Russian former UFC light heavyweight Gadzhimurad Antigulov was found with two pistols while being detained in Dagestan as part of a case stemming from a punch-up at a wedding in the region last year, according to reports. Antigulov is said to have been the subject of a search as part of an investigation into a brawl at wedding in December, where the 34-year-old fighter hospitalized one […]

Former UFC title challenger Anthony Smith has slammed YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul who appeared to brag that he is showing ‘early signs of CTE’ in a media interview to promote his Saturday boxing match with Ben Askren. The brash Paul, 24, will take on his third professional boxing assignment on this weekend when he fights former mixed martial arts world champion and former Olympic wrestler Ben Askren, […]

Tracy Cortez returns to a place which changed her life when she meets Justine Kish at the UFC Apex on Saturday night – but the Mexican-American star says it will all be business when she steps into the octagon. Amid the uncertain times of the pandemic, the Apex has been a blessing for the UFC as the promotion has turned to the venue time and again […]

FedEx says it will review a policy that prohibits employees from accessing their mobiles during their shifts, after workers were unable to make calls during a shooting spree in Indianapolis, Indiana. After a gunman rampaged through a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis International Airport on Thursday night, many people had no way of knowing whether their loved ones were among the eight killed or numerous wounded, […]

Iran has produced 60%-enriched uranium at its Natanz nuclear facility, country’s senior officials have said. The facility was hit by an “act of sabotage” that Tehran blamed on Israel just a few days ago. The news was broken by the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, on Friday. “I am proud to announce that at 00:40 … Iranian scientists were able to produce 60%-enriched […]

The Pakistani government has blocked access to social media and instant messaging platforms, after violent anti-France protests over cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed left at least four policemen dead and hundreds wounded. On Friday, the Interior Ministry ordered the telecommunications authority to “completely” cut off access to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and Telegram until 3pm local time (11:00 GMT), said Khurram Mehran, a spokesman for the […]

The Chinese economy has shaken off the aftermath of the coronavirus crisis, expanding at a record pace of 18.3% in the first three months of 2021 compared to a year ago. The figures for the country’s economic performance were published by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday. The over 18-percent surge became the best quarterly growth since at least 1992 when quarterly gross domestic […]

French lawmakers have adopted a law cracking down on sex with children and incest, following a social media firestorm touched off by allegations of incestuous abuse against a prominent intellectual earlier this year. The Assemblee Nationale voted unanimously on Thursday to set the age of consent at 15, classifying sex with children under that age – as well as incestuous sex with anyone under 18 – […]

Reports of shots fired inside a FedEx facility near the Indianapolis, Indiana international airport have led police to close off a stretch of I-70 highway. Witnesses spoke of multiple people shot inside. A massive police response was underway on Mirabel Road, southwest of Indianapolis, on Thursday night. One man told local media his niece was shot in the arm at a gas station that is just […]

Lawmakers in Florida have passed a bill that increases punishments for rioting, looting and destruction of monuments, while making it harder for local jurisdictions to defund the police. Democrats condemned it as racist. The state Senate approved HB1, or “An act relating to combating public disorder,” on Thursday with a vote of 23 in favor and 17 opposed. One Republican from Tampa Bay joined the Democrats […]

Chelsea Clinton, daughter of ex-president Bill and presidential failure Hillary, seems to be dipping her toes into the family business, as she renewed her demands for Trump-supporting white males to get vaccinated immediately. No, Clinton’s not climbing aboard the sinking ship of American politics – not yet, at least – but she is enthusiastically embracing censorship and taking ideas out of context to turn them into […]

Chicago’s mayor and the family of a 13-year-old boy who was killed by police called for calm after the release of bodycam footage that appears to show him throwing his gun behind a fence and raising his hands before being shot. “We understand that the release of this video will be incredibly painful and elicit an emotional response to all who view it, and we ask […]

Twitter has banned Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe for alleged violation of its policies on “platform manipulation and spam,” silencing his account amid a series of undercover scoops on CNN’s propagandist tactics. The social media giant told O’Keefe on Thursday that his account is permanently suspended and will not be reinstated, citing an allegation that he used fake or multiple accounts to manipulate conversations on the […]

US President Joe Biden called for “dialogue and diplomatic process” with Russia, after ordering sanctions against Moscow for allegedly being behind the SolarWinds hack and interfering in “sacred” elections and American democracy. Biden told reporters at the White House on Thursday afternoon that he warned Russian President Vladimir Putin of the impending sanctions during their recent phone call, calling it a “proportionate” US response to what […]

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has lodged a complaint with its counterparts in Moscow, claiming that its sailors are being banned from the Russian-controlled Kerch Strait, which divides the east coast of the country from the west. In a statement issued on Thursday, Kiev’s diplomats said that Russia has “announced the closure of a part of the Black Sea in the direction of the Kerch Strait for […]

Russian pioneer in cancer laparoscopic surgery Igor Khatkov has officially been proclaimed Honorary Fellow of the American Surgical Association, the country’s oldest and most prestigious organization of surgeons. The American Surgical Association (ASA) was founded in 1880 and attributes the Honorary Fellowship only to “distinguished foreign surgeons whose contributions to surgery have been unusually noteworthy, of lasting value and worthy of the highest international recognition.” Moscow’s […]

A community in North Carolina are mourning the death of a high school basketball coach and Spanish teacher who was killed in a gruesome shootout with a Mexican cartel. Barney Harris, who worked at the Union Academy in Monroe, was shot dead while attempting to steal narcotics and money from the gang’s stash house, according to officials. Leading a double life, Harris formed part of a rival […]

Dozens of children’s advocacy groups have called on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to scrap plans for a version of photo-sharing and body-shaming app Instagram for kids under 13, saying it would “put young users at great risk.” Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, is working on “a version of Instagram that allows people under the age of 13 to safely use Instagram for the first time,” according to […]

Russia is preparing Crimea for the potential storage of nuclear weapons, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Andrey Taran. He claimed that troops based in the region may “undertake substantive military provocations” this year. Speaking to the European Parliament’s defense subcommittee on Wednesday, Taran also suggested that Russia had amassed 110,000 soldiers on the Ukrainian border – far higher than previous estimates. “Crimea’s infrastructure is being prepared […]

US President Joe Biden signed a decree on Thursday, imposing a new round of of sanctions on Russia. They target more than 30 individuals and organizations. The White House also moved to expel nearly a dozen of Moscow’s diplomats The move, which the White House says is in response to alleged interference by Moscow in the 2020 US Presidential election, will see American companies banned from […]

Why are some genocides incessantly remembered while others are tossed to the trash heap of history? In ‘Forgotten Genocides: The Sin of Silence’, airing April 23, RT America asks these questions and more. The Armenian Genocide left a million and a half dead Christians littered across the remains of the Ottoman Empire. But it took a century for the United States to formally call these events […]

Manchester City star Phil Foden was said to be angered after the company which manages his Twitter account posted a challenge to Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe before the players meet in the Champions League semi-final. Foden starred as City booked their spot in the last four with a 2-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in Germany on Wednesday night, scoring the winner with a drilled shot […]

A CNN journalist has insisted that he and his crew are fine and will continue to report on the aftermath of the police killing of Daunte Wright, after they were attacked by angry demonstrators in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. CNN’s Miguel Marquez and his team were covering the fourth night of demonstrations in the Minneapolis suburb on Wednesday, which were sparked by Wright’s killing during a traffic […]

A female Canadian MP raised a point of order about appropriate attire for official Parliament business, after her male colleague was caught inside his office wearing not a stitch during a Question Period live stream. “Perhaps remind the members, especially the male members, that suits and ties are called for,” MP Claude Debellefeuille of the Bloc-Quebecois said on Wednesday, raising a point of order. She was […]

A crowd of protesters has once again descended on the Minneapolis precinct of Brooklyn Center, with signs and noisemakers, days after a policewoman shot a young black man with an outstanding warrant during a traffic stop. Many of the protesters held umbrellas and otherwise covered themselves as much as possible, apparently trying to give the police as little surface area to spray. It was the fourth night […]

The UK’s ongoing back-and-forth over who’ll be legally required (or able) to take a Covid-19 jab has gotten murkier, as the country’s independent equalities watchdog suggested the certificates might amount to discrimination. The UK’s confusing vaccine rollout – regarding who must get vaccinated to do their job, who needs a shot to travel, and other movement-related controls – has the EHRC concerned the system’s creators could […]

A CDC panel declined to vote on whether to resume US use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, effectively putting the jabs on ice until more data is available on rare cases of blood clotting linked to the product. Members of the CDC advisory committee on Wednesday said they want more information about the types of people, by such factors as age and gender, who may […]

Brazil’s Supreme Court upheld an earlier decision by one of its judges that its Senate should investigate the handling of Covid-19 pandemic by the federal government of Jair Bolsonaro amid a surge in cases across the country. The probe was initially ordered by Justice Luis Roberto Barroso last week after a request from the lawmakers. Wednesday’s ruling by the Supreme Court judges means that a special […]

Production of Sputnik V, the world’s first registered vaccine against Covid-19, has started in Serbia, the Russian developers of the jab have announced. Italy, India and Iran are expected to follow suit in the coming months. “Production of Sputnik V vaccine was successfully launched in Serbia,” Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) announced on Tuesday, confirming that it was “the first European […]

Real Madrid held off a siege from Liverpool to knock the English club out of the Champions League and advance to the semi-finals. With their 3-1 first leg triumph at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium proving enough to top Jurgen Klopp’s men, Los Blancos will now face Liverpool’s Premier League rivals Chelsea in the last four.  Not shaken up by an alleged bus attack akin to […]

Iranian-US talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal should not “drag on,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has said, warning Washington against demanding Tehran return to its commitments before sanctions are lifted. “The talks shouldn’t become talks of attrition. They shouldn’t be [conducted] in a way that parties drag on and prolong the talks. This is harmful to the country,” Khamenei said in Tehran on Wednesday. […]

The Real Madrid team bus was damaged after missiles were reportedly hurled as it made its way through intimidating ranks of Liverpool fans before the teams’ Champions League clash at Anfield. The 13-times Champions League winners face the English giants in the competition’s quarterfinal second leg this evening.  But in revving up the troops to overturn a 3-1 deficit from the tie’s first installment last week, […]

Actress and model Jameela Jamil has tweeted in support of giving controversial puberty blockers to trans kids, claiming she knew “loads” of girls in school who took them. Her story was swiftly deemed BS. Until transgender issues entered mainstream discussion in recent years, few readers had likely heard of “puberty blockers,” drugs sometimes administered off-label to transgender children to buy them time to decide their preferred […]

UEFA has been accused of leniency despite hitting Slavia Prague defender Ondrej Kudela with a 10-match ban for “racist behavior” towards Glasgow Rangers star Glen Kamara in the teams’ ill-tempered Europa League clash. In fractious scenes during the round of 16 second leg at Rangers’ Ibrox home in March, Kamara reacted furiously towards the end of the game when Kudela leaned in and uttered something into […]

Seeking to further develop the Arctic region, where the Northern Sea Route lies, Russia is building powerful icebreakers no one has ever made before, President Vladimir Putin said. “Russia is building the world’s most powerful icebreaker fleet, including giants such as the ‘Leader’, which no one has ever built before,” the Russian leader said Wednesday as he had a meeting with the Board of Trustees of […]

By Danny Armstrong Danny Armstrong is a Moscow-based British journalist, reporter and presenter for RT Sport. Follow him on Twitter @DannyWArmstrong Francis Ngannou possesses the boxing ability to beat ring superstar Tyson Fury, that’s the opinion of the UFC heavyweight champ’s striking coach Dewey Cooper, who masterminded the Cameroonian’s title-winning KO of Stipe Miocic. Former pro boxer and Muay Thai world champion Cooper refined Ngannou’s straight left that sat […]

Foreign troops deployed in Afghanistan as part of a NATO-led mission will leave the country “in the weeks and months ahead” in a coordinated pullout, the US secretary of state has confirmed. “I am here to work closely with our allies, with the [NATO] secretary general, on the principle that we have established from the start: In together, adapt together, and out together,” Antony Blinken said […]

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has made the novel suggestion that Washington should take Fukushima’s radioactive wastewater given its insistence that the water is safe enough to be thrown into the seas around Japan. In two tweets on Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying reinforced Beijing’s opposition to Japanese plans to dump more than a million tons of Fukushima’s treated radioactive wastewater in the ocean.  […]

A former US senator and Biden ally has arrived in Taiwan along with a delegation after Washington gave its ambassadors greater freedom to meet with officials from the island nation. China had warned against the move. On Wednesday afternoon, at 3pm local time (7am GMT), a delegation led by US President Joe Biden’s political ally, former Senator Chris Dodd, landed at Taipei’s Songshan Airport.  Also onboard […]

The world’s largest cryptocurrency has continued to rally, passing the $64,000 level for the first time in history ahead of the highly anticipated stock market debut of popular trading platform Coinbase. The price of bitcoin rose more than 6% on Wednesday to reach $64,516, a new record high. The new milestone comes less than 24 hours after it broke past $63,000. The cryptocurrency has more than […]

In one of the largest meteor events of 2021 so far, more than 250 people submitted reports of a great ball of fire in the sky above Florida, believed to be a chunk of an asteroid that burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere. The American Meteor Society said the fireball was spotted over Florida – and could be seen as far away as Georgia – at […]

Black Lives Matter activists in Dallas, Texas marched down the streets, took over a restaurant, and picketed a hotel. One of the demonstrators, wearing a red shirt, was filmed carrying a rifle. Protesters gathered on Tuesday evening, chanting the name of Daunte Wright – an African-American man killed over the weekend in Minnesota – as well as Marvin Scott III, another black man who died in […]

Chelsea lost for the second time under Thomas Tuchel in a forgettable Champions League quarter-final second leg, going through with an aggregate win that has allowed midfield prodigy Christian Pulisic to speak of their confidence. Tuchel’s side kept dangerous Porto largely at bay for much of the return leg in Seville, sensibly protecting their 2-0 lead from the first fixture in another demonstration of Tuchel’s pragmatic, […]

Guram Kutateladze has reiterated that he will punish Paddy ‘The Baddy’ Pimblett if they ever meet in the octagon, and told the UFC signing that careless talk over “religion, family or country” have serious consequences in Georgia. Asked why he called the cocky Liverpudlian out, Kutateladze told RT.com that he “wants to kill [Pimblett’s] hype” as an ex-Cage Warriors champion who has come into his organization declaring […]

By Nebojsa Malic, senior writer at RT American troops staying in Afghanistan past the date agreed upon in the treaty with the Taliban wasn’t unexpected, but the Biden White House announcement they will definitely leave before or by September 11 could be big – if true. The Biden administration “will begin an orderly drawdown of the remaining forces before May 1 and plan to have all […]

Facebook users are receiving added powers to nuke or reinstate other users’ content rather than just plead for their own to remain live. The timing wasn’t great, however – the site recently leaked 533 million users’ personal info. Facebook users can begin filing appeals to the platform’s “Supreme Court” decisions, the supposedly independent Oversight Board announced on Tuesday in a blog post, explaining the capabilities would […]

People with weakened immune systems should receive three doses of the two main Covid-19 vaccines being used in France made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, the country’s top health officials have recommended. “The injection of a third dose of mRNA vaccine is necessary for severely immunocompromised people,” the Directorate General of Health (DGS) said in a note sent out to health professionals on Sunday. This includes people […]

Ex-Premier League referee Howard Webb has met his perfect match by marrying a female trailblazer working in German top flight the Bundesliga, leading to inevitable jokes about the Englishman’s supposed bias towards Man United. Webb, who became the first official to oversee the World Cup final and Champions League final in the same year in 2010, has married Bibiana Steinhaus, who made history as the first woman to […]

Mario Diks, the assistant referee who infuriated Cristiano Ronaldo by ruling out his goal for Portugal in Serbia in March, has spoken of his hurt after being dropped from the Netherlands’ officiating team for Euro 2020. The referee disallowed Ronaldo’s last-minute winning goal during Portugal’s 2022 World Cup qualifying clash with Serbia last month, with the Portugal captain earning a book for his wild remonstrations with Diks and […]

Dozens of marines have been arrested by Mexican police for allegedly playing a part in forced disappearances in 2014 in the northern city of Nuevo Laredo, the navy has said. The border area has been plagued by cartel drug wars. The attorney general’s office ordered the detention of the naval personnel who were carrying out “surveillance and deterrence” work in the city, which borders the US state of […]

Petr Yan has interrupted his war of words with “laughing stock” Aljamain Sterling to show off a gleaming BMW after becoming the first Russian to take ownership of the motor that will only be made 250 times worldwide. The former 135lb ruler, who was stripped of his crown at UFC 259 for kneeing the Jamaican-American in the face during their title scrap, took to Instagram to […]

One of Minsk’s most controversial lawmakers, who previously claimed opposition protests were part of a foreign plot, now insists that neighboring Poland is intent on taking back Belarus in a bid to revive its former Commonwealth. Andrey Savinykh, a deputy in the country’s House of Representatives and Chairman of the International Affairs Commission, said on Sunday that its old imperial overlord once again had ambitions for […]

CNN’s live coverage of nighttime clashes between BLM protesters and police in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota took an unusual turn when an angry man confronted the reporter about the media supposedly making things worse. The on-air exchange between CNN’s Sara Sidner and the man, who refused to identify himself, happened on Monday evening. Sidner was reporting from the scene of intense clashes involving people protesting the death […]

The price of the world’s most popular digital asset, bitcoin, surged to a new all-time high of $63,191 on Tuesday, just a day before one of the world’s top cryptocurrency exchanges is listed on Nasdaq. Bitcoin jumped more than 4% on Tuesday morning, according to CoinDesk data. The world’s largest crypto by market cap smashed its own record twice in around an hour, and was trading […]

A multibillion-dollar fine slapped on Alibaba by Chinese regulators has given a huge boost to the e-commerce giant’s shares, and to the fortune of founder Jack Ma. Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba have rallied for two days in a row. After a strong opening in Hong Kong on Tuesday, they were up nearly 0.5% later in the day, adding to gains of more than 6% on […]

Anna Kikina is currently the only woman on Russia’s team of 30 cosmonauts. Speaking to RT, she talked about what helped her overcome the odds along the way and what inspired her. Kikina, 36, was left as the sole female member on Roscosmos space agency’s team of cosmonauts in 2016 when her only female colleague, Yelena Serova, traded a career in space for an MP’s mandate […]

UFC newcomer Paddy Pimblett has revealed gory threats of violence against his family he claims to have received from Georgians on social media, adding that he sees his feud with Guram Kutateladze and Liana Jojua as “irrelevant”. Freshly-signed UK fighter Pimblett says he has received graphic descriptions of how he will be attacked after calling Georgians “stupid” and saying it was “no wonder” that Russians “terrorize […]

China has condemned the Japanese government’s decision to release tritium-contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean as irresponsible, saying Tokyo “must not” do so without consultations. “Japan has not exhausted safe disposal methods, regardless of domestic and foreign questions and opposition,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, calling the decision by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government to release a million-plus tons […]

Medical researchers working for the Pentagon have claimed to have created a microchip that can identify viruses like Covid-19 if they are under your skin. Retired Army Col. Dr. Matt Hepburn, an infectious disease physician, told ‘60 Minutes’ that the microchip acts like a “check engine” light for people, but does not track their every movement, which has been central to online conspiracy theories about Covid-19 […]

13 Apr, 2021 01:41 Follow RT on Flash-bangs and teargas were used to disperse the crowd gathered outside the Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police department, in violation of the curfew declared to stop the riots over the death of Daunte Wright. An hour and 45 minutes after the 7 pm curfew went into effect, police issued a final “unlawful assembly” warning and deployed crowd control weapons. Some […]

Contaminated wastewater at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant will be released into the ocean “in around two years,” the Japanese government has announced, despite calls from China and South Korea urging against the move. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced the move in Tokyo, on Tuesday morning local time. He had previously called the release “unavoidable” given the amount of accumulated water over the past decade. The […]

Hundreds of Minnesota National Guards were deployed to Minneapolis and St. Paul as their mayors imposed a curfew starting at 7 pm, following a riot sparked by the police shooting of a black man in the nearby Brooklyn Center. Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III have declared a state of emergency, with a curfew starting on Monday evening and running through […]

On the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s landmark trip around Earth, RT publishes unique footage of his speech from the first anniversary of this flight – renewed and colored using modern neural-network technologies. “I am grateful to those who invested their hearts, souls, skills, and hard work to fulfill this great mission,” Gagarin said in a speech that was first broadcast by Soviet television back in […]

Tehran will suspend its cooperation with Brussels in several areas, the foreign ministry has announced, in response to EU sanctions on Iranian military and police chiefs over the “lethal suppression” of protesters. Iran is considering reciprocal sanctions and will stop all “comprehensive talks” with the EU on human rights, terrorism, illicit drugs and refugees, foreign ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. He added that the […]

The UK government has announced a remarkable Supreme Court challenge to two pieces of legislation passed by the Scottish parliament over concerns they may impinge on Westminster’s governance. MSPs unanimously approved the bills on children’s rights and local government last month, but they will now not receive the royal assent needed to become law until after the legal challenge. UK ministers are concerned the bills could […]

Ex-Chelsea and England forward Lianne Sanderson has revealed that Twitter took no action against a troll who warned her to “stick to her s**t women’s game”, with the social media giants telling her the abuse met their rules. The former Arsenal and Juventus star, who won 50 international caps and went to the World Cup finals twice, shared the response she received from adjudicators after she was belittled and […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) has continued a simmering feud with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) and her progressive congressional ‘Squad’ in an upcoming book, according to a new report. In a series of 10 interviews conducted for the biography ‘Madame Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,’ out later this month, Pelosi reportedly targeted numerous political opponents, including Ocasio Cortez and the controversial ‘Squad’ […]

Germany’s Covid-19 infection rate is too high and its third wave of infection may be the toughest yet, Chancellor Angela Merkel has said amid reports that regional leaders have agreed to extend lockdown by another three weeks. “This third wave is perhaps the toughest for us,” Merkel said as she opened the Hannover Messe trade fair on Monday. The chancellor said vaccinations are the “most important […]

The executive committee of the CDU, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, backed its new chair Armin Laschet to run for the top job. Meanwhile, the head of their Bavarian allies also voiced his wish to run for the chancellorship. The CDU committee convened in Berlin on Monday to discuss who should run from the party in the September general election. Its chairman, Armin Laschet, received overwhelming support […]

In 2021, subjects like demons, ghosts, and exorcisms aren’t exactly top of the agenda. However, in Russia, the theological commission of the country’s Orthodox Church is preparing a new proposal to regulate the famed ancient rite. Exorcism, common in certain branches of the Christian faith, is a means of supposedly casting out demons said to be possessing a person. It has long been a practice in […]

India is on the right track as it has been quite innovative on the policy side, including digital identity and payments, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. According to the IMF, the Indian government should also take into account the significance of investments in financial institutions, oversight, and infrastructure in a long-term way – it would thus ensure that every piece fits together like a puzzle […]

Iranian diplomats accused Israel of an “act against humanity” targeting the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, saying it was meant to derail talks on the lifting of sanctions. The underground Iranian nuclear facility experienced a power outage on Sunday. An Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman called the suspected Israeli sabotage “an act against humanity,” because the damage done to the plant could have caused a disaster. “There was […]

Tensions have been running high in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, after police shot a black man during a traffic stop, reportedly over an air freshener. The incident has sparked protests that descended into violence. Several hundred people flocked to the Brooklyn Center PD, protesting the death of Daunte Wright, 20, who was shot by police during what appeared to be a routine traffic stop on Sunday afternoon. […]

Former presidential hopeful and current New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang found himself on the wrong end of Twitter when he posted an image of his former dog, admitting he gave the pet up. “On #NationalPetsDay celebrating our dog Grizzly who we raised as a puppy but had to give away because one of our boys became allergic to him. Miss you Grizz!” Yang tweeted […]

MSNBC host Joy Reid has ignited criticism after she said she would not fly and would still wear two masks even after receiving her second vaccine dose. Critics say her stance might discourage those who’re hesitant about the jab. “I too am one vax down, but even when I get the second shot, I am too “scurred” to be out there wildin. No flying and no […]

Scuffles have broken out at the site of a planned White Lives Matter rally in Huntington Beach, California, as scores of counter-protesters squared off with seperate right-wing demonstrators. Several people have been arrested. Several dozen Black Lives Matter activists have showed up for a counter-protest in response to a rumoured ‘White Lives Matter’ rally that was expected to take place at Huntington Beach Pier on Sunday […]

Spurs boss Jose Mourinho went on a bizarre rant about South Korea star Son’s father and Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in the aftermath of his side’s damaging defeat on Sunday, while the player looked close to tears. The drama was far from finished after United produced a conclusive comeback to win 3-1 at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, overturning a half-time deficit provided by Son Heung-min’s […]

Altered images of people executed by the Khmer Rouge regime have been published by VICE media group, with smiles “photoshopped” to the victims’ faces. The now-deleted article has caused a public outcry and a warning from Cambodia. VICE’s interview with Matt Loughrey, originally published on Friday, contained images from Cambodia’s Tuol Sleng prison, also known as S21, where thousands of people were tortured and killed between […]

Gun-control advocate David Hogg has announced that he is stepping back from his planned pillow company, which was meant to directly compete with outspoken Donald Trump supporter Mike Lindell’s business. In a Twitter thread, Hogg announced on Saturday evening he has “resigned and released all shares, any ownership and any control of Good Pillow LLC,” citing “personal commitments” as his reason for stepping away. 5: That […]

Israeli intelligence was responsible for the incident on Sunday at Iran’s Natanz nuclear plant, which saw a blackout at an electricity distribution network, Israeli media outlets are claiming, citing unnamed “Western sources.” Calling it an “attack” and an example of “nuclear terrorism,” Iranian officials said the incident had not caused any damage, but reports in the Israeli media that followed disputed that. Citing anonymous sources, various […]

Jose Mourinho suffered a 10th league loss of the season for the first time in his managerial career as his Tottenham side were undone by a pristine second-half showing from Manchester United in Sunday’s Premier League action. Tottenham’s hopes of securing Champions League qualification for next season appear to be dead in the water after a dismal capitulation to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s in-form side at the Tottenham […]

The 18-year-old daughter of five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman has made history in the US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), producing a cool finish as a supersub to become the competition’s youngest ever goalscorer. US under-20s star Rodman was the second pick in the draft, and the prodigy quickly highlighted why just minutes after coming on as a substitute on the hour mark against North Carolina Courage. […]

A man believed to be a US Navy serviceman has apparently committed suicide after barricading himself in a Hawaii hotel room and firing several gunshots. Police say they had only been waiting for the man to “give up.” The Kahala Hotel and Resort in Honolulu, Hawaii was locked down for around 10 hours on Saturday evening while the shooter remained in his room, and guests were […]

Russia has offered Pakistan liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavov has revealed, as the South Asian nation is facing more gas shortages in the near future. The two countries discussed deepening bilateral ties, including in energy and trade, earlier this week when Lavrov met his Pakistani counterpart, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmoud Kureishi. According to the top Russian diplomat, trade turnover between Russia and […]

Germany should pay more attention to Soviet POWs and forced laborers victimized by the Nazis, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a speech commemorating those slain and persecuted at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Buchenwald was one of the longest-operating and largest facilities, where people deemed undesirable by the Nazi government were worked to death or simply killed. The largest group at the concentration camp were Soviet prisoners […]

The list of suitors for Norwegian superstar Erling Haaland are going to have to pay up if they want to secure his services next season amid reports that his agent, Mino Raiola, is demanding a weekly wage in excess of $1 million. Haaland’s performances this term for Borussia Dortmund have earmarked the 20-year-old Norwegian as football’s most in-demand young talent, leading to speculation that a transfer tug-of-war […]

A Muslim journalist has appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron for protection against death threats. She rose to popularity by debating conservative politicians on TV and arguing against a hijab ban. Journalist Nadiya Lazzouni told the BFM TV channel she was in contact with Macron’s administration and had asked for protection. She said she had been informed by a presidential security adviser that the authorities were […]

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has upgraded its forecast for economic growth in Russia for the second time this year, and now expects GDP to gain as much as 3.8% in 2021. In its April report, the IMF raised its projections for Russia’s GDP by 0.8% compared to its January outlook, and by 1.5% compared to its October forecast. While the outlook for Russia’s economic performance […]

Nearly 47% of Czechs say that they are willing to be vaccinated with the Russian-made Sputnik V jab, provided it receives the greenlight from the country’s authorities, a new poll has revealed. Some 46.6% of Czech people who have yet to be vaccinated are open to being immunized with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine if it is granted an emergency exemption by the local health authority, according […]

An attempt by CNN to rally against the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan under the pretext of protecting women’s rights there has drawn pushback, with netizens criticizing the notion as driven by the imperialist agenda. “Concerns mount that US withdrawal from Afghanistan could risk progress on women’s rights,” reads the headline to the article published by the cable news channel on Saturday. Citing a chorus […]

Nina Nunes made an unsuccessful return to the UFC after almost two years out of action, as rising challenger Mackenzie Dern earned her second armbar submission win in three fights to cement her strawweight title credentials. Putting her career on hold in October 2019, Nunes gave birth to her first child with wife and UFC bantamweight and featherweight champion Amanda Nunes in September before preparing for […]

Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has been investigated for alleged sexual misdeeds and corruption by fellow lawmakers and federal prosecutors, suggested ‘deep state’ is working to frame him, as he protested his innocence. “I may be a canceled man in some corners. I may even be a wanted man by the Deep State. But I hear the millions of Americans who feel forgotten, canceled, ignored, marginalized and […]

Controversial UFC welterweight Mike Perry has appeared to admit that his defeat to Daniel Rodriguez at UFC Vegas 23 has left his future uncertain, dramatically adding that he will “bleed every day” for his family if necessary. Heavy-handed Perry lost by unanimous decision to relative newcomer Rodriguez, taking a beating that left his nose well out of shape and his face a bloody mess as he […]