Day: September 14, 2020

The pope is being “constantly monitored” for signs of the coronavirus, according to a top Vatican official, after the pontiff met with Philippine cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle who has since...

The Japanese Self-Defense Forces have been issued orders on how to respond to unidentified flying objects menacing the country's airspace – though the defense minister insists he does not, personally,...

Tehran supports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) as long as it protects Iranian interests alongside other members, Iran’s OPEC governor Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Monday. “We...

Gymnastics New Zealand has made amendments to its dress-code rules, allowing female athletes to wear shorts during competitions so their bodies won't be exposed. The rule was introduced in the...

An international team of researchers have announced the discovery of phosphine gas in the clouds above Venus. The toxic gas is considered a key biosignature and may indicate the presence...

Paris Saint-Germain's mercurial Brazilian star Neymar could face a ban of up to seven games from the French top flight after striking out at Marseille's Alvaro Gonzalez on Sunday. VAR...

The head of European plane maker Airbus, Guillaume Fauryhas, has told staff that compulsory redundancies may be imposed as the air travel industry fails to recover as quickly as expected...

Lionel Messi's first game back for Barcelona after his failed bid to engineer a transfer away from the La Liga giants was a hot-tempered affair, with the Argentine star lashing...

Podcaster Joe Rogan has offered to host a presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and the president is already throwing his support behind the idea. “On my podcast...

The former leader of the South Korean advocacy group for victims of Japanese World War II sexual exploitation has been charged with fraud and embezzlement over alleged misuse of government...

India’s parliament met on Monday for the first time in six months, as local media report seventeen members of the lower house and eight from the upper house have tested...

Belarusian authorities have informed Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz, head of the country's Catholic Church, that he can't re-enter the country because his passport has been canceled. He has been a vocal...

The German government claimed on Monday that the presence of a substance from the Novichok family of poisons in the system of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny has now been...

Tehran has accused the US of using “worn-out” methods to defame it on the world stage. It comes after a US media report claimed that Iran was mulling a plan...

As an extra incentive to get humanity’s colonization capabilities up to scratch, researchers have revealed that not only are worlds made mostly of diamonds possible, they are in fact quite...

The United Kingdom may be heading for another nationwide lockdown, Wales Health Minister Vaughan Gething has said, as the number of new coronavirus cases across the nation jumped by almost...

The Trump Administration’s biofuel boogie continues with a new plan to help ease the economic pains of refiners which have been denied waivers through a series of potential financial aid...

Exiled former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has criticized Russia’s President Vladimir Putin for meeting with the “usurper,” a term she has used to describe the country’s president, Alexander Lukashenko....

A senior Chinese government adviser said that Beijing aims to use its national currency, the yuan, “as much as possible” in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), to try to...

Summer Tapasa, the former Best Buy employee who went viral after a video emerged of her tackling a would-be shoplifter, wants to become a UFC referee - and her plans...

Despite being sorry for his angry outburst that saw him strike out at a ball that hit a line judge in the throat and saw him kicked out of the...

C-Span footage of Joe Biden interacting with girls is being flagged by Twitter for violating their Child Sexual Exploitation Policy after popping up online during an argument about the politician's...

Financial and political investments in preparedness for an infectious disease pandemic have been insufficient and all countries are “paying the price,” The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB) has said. The...

A sheriff’s deputy in Georgia has been fired following an investigation into videos of an extremely violent arrest in which a black man was beaten bloody and unconscious, sparking outrage...

Sitting governors backed by President Putin’s United Russia party have received the majority of votes in weekend elections across the country. There were gains for allies of Alexey Navalny on...

Ride-hailing giant Uber kicked off an appeal hearing on Monday to fight a decision to ban it from operating in London, which is its largest market by far in Europe....

Donald Trump has spoken of his excitement at the upcoming UFC world title bout between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Justin Gaethje, telling supporters at a campaign stop in Nevada that it...

UK patients with cancer and other life-threatening conditions have been admitted to hospitals at far lesser rates as Britain’s National Health Service was prioritizing the fight against coronavirus, a new...

The Spanish government is considering extending the nationwide ERTE furlough scheme into 2021, Labor Minister Yolanda Diaz said on Monday. “The date is open, but likely [December 31] would not...

Dominic Thiem said he achieved a life's ambition after capturing the US Open title in a dramatic final at Flushing Meadows on Sunday night. Speaking after his remarkable victory over...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Monday that the European Union is unlikely to impose sanctions on Ankara over its territorial claims in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The EU...

Former world heavyweight title challenger Danny Williams, who recorded an historic upset by knocking out Mike Tyson in 2004, told RT Sport that Roy Jones Jr will get “seriously hurt”...

As wildfires sweep through US West Coast states, causing millions of dollars in damage and disrupting countless lives, economist Peter Schiff says the Federal Reserve has set an even fiercer...

A top Japanese government official, Yoshihide Suga, has been selected to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Having led Japan since 2012, Abe is stepping down for health reasons. According...

Los Angeles County police chief has expressed “deepest gratitude” to US President Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden, commending them for forgoing partisan politics and denouncing the shooting of...

High-profile Indian opposition politician Rahul Gandhi has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of telling people to "save themselves" while failing to tackle the Covid-19 outbreak. "India's coronavirus cases will cross...

Jaguars’ tight end Tyler Eifert displayed the name of retired police captain David Dorn, who was shot to death amid riots in St. Louis, on the back of his helmet,...