Tickets to see Michelle Obama speak in London sold out within seconds, and were quickly posted for as much as £70,000 – over twice the average yearly salary in the UK – on second-hand tout websites.
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During a night of midterm election celebrations across the United States on Tuesday, one Texas state representative met the news of his reelection in a rather unusual location: a jail cell.
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Four members of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s team and Conor McGregor’s Jiu-Jitsu coach Dillon Danis are set to learn their fate following the brawl that marred UFC 229 as the NSAC confirmed it will discuss the case next week.
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In a bold move that’s as creepy as it is impressive, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua has unveiled its new ‘AI news anchors’ which will be broadcasting across the company’s TV and web platforms.
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German police descended on as many as 29 flats and offices of Greenpeace activists in response to the group’s offbeat July stunt that saw tons yellow paint being poured on a busy roundabout in the German capital.
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Inspired by people who legally change their name or gender, a 69-year-old Dutchman has launched an unlikely legal bid to change his age because he ‘identifies’ as 49 and feels the difference in decades is ruining his love life.
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French football giants Paris Saint-Germain are reportedly probing claims that racial profiling was used in the scouting of young players, with allegations that Africans were avoided over concerns about their date of birth.
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With the midterms over, the anti-Trump #resistance didn’t have to wait long for its next extinction-level meltdown. Jeff Sessions’ forced resignation gave protesters and celebrities the perfect excuse to plan a day out.
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French football giants Paris Saint-Germain are probing claims that racial profiling was used in the recruitment of young players, with allegations that there were efforts to limit the number of black players at the club.
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has delivered a passionate 30-minute apology to 907 German Jews, who sought refuge in Canada from Nazi persecution in 1937 but were denied entry. Some 250 later perished in death camps.
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Under certain “circumstances,” some 8 percent of Germans are OK with a dictatorship as a form of government, while even more would welcome a leader ruling Germany with “a strong hand,” research has found.
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Unlike many other world leaders, US President Donald Trump will not attend a conference hosted by France’s Emmanuel Macron, the organizers said today.
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The US president clashes with a reporter from CNN, yet the fallout turns into an argument about whether a young female White House staffer was inappropriately touched. This is American politics in 2018, ladies and gentlemen.
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The UK and France must urgently deepen their military alliance through intergovernmental organizations such as NATO, to guard against the ‘unpredictability’ of US President Donald Trump, a former British NATO chief has warned.
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The Daily Beast tried to pin the failure of Claire McCaskill to retain her senatorial seat on Russian meddling. Angry commenters instantly cited a number of far more mundane reasons, like her trying to court Republicans.
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Saudi Arabia has banned Palestinians and Israeli Muslims from entering the country with temporary passports, ending their chance to make the pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest site, Mecca.
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Rangers' Steven Gerrard leads his side to the Russian capital to face Spartak Moscow, an embattled team currently dealing with boycotts, fan protests, and their captain's every touch being booed. RT Sport explains why.
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The Telegram messaging app acknowledges that thousands of its users are involved in terrorist activities, but still refuses to assist security services, Aleksandr Bortnikov, FSB head, said, calling the situation “paradoxical.”
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The gunman who shot and killed 12 people in a California bar, popular for live country music and packed with college students, has been identified as an Afghanistan war veteran serving in the Marine Corps, Ian David Long.
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Cybersecurity ‘experts’ writing for the New York Times have claimed that online Russian “influence operations” targeted the US midterm elections in October. The proof? Lots of people posted links to RT’s content.
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The opponent scheduled to face Floyd Mayweather on a Japanese MMA promotion card, Tenshin Nasukawa, has been named Kickboxing Athlete of the Year at the Global Martial Arts Awards 2018 at a grand ceremony in Singapore.
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The US State Department has warned nations, allowing Iran’s shipping vessels into their territorial waters and ports, of potential risks connected to insurance liabilities amid the recently introduced sanctions.
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With social media activities of Russian troops under scrutiny from foreign spies and terrorists, new legislation has banned servicemen from sharing data on themselves, and their brothers in arms, online and in the media.
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