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Former Olympic swimmer Klete Keller has apologized for taking part in the US Capitol riot, but leftists are still demanding the unprecedented step of taking away his medals because of his alleged crimes. Read Full Article at RT.com

Covid-19 is no reason to deny oneself a jug of beer or glass of wine in the great outdoors, a Bavarian court has ruled, overturning a statewide ban on open-air consumption of alcohol introduced to limit the spread of the virus. Read Full Article at RT.com

Janet Yellen, Biden’s pick to lead the Treasury Department, has been urged by the Democrats to sanction the US’ adversaries even more aggressively than the Trump administration. She said she already has her sights set on China. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Trump-appointed director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, has left her post after 36 years with the intelligence agency, announcing her resignation on Tuesday – a day ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. Read Full Article at RT.com

One year and a half on from his retirement, former Atletico Madrid, Liverpool and Chelsea star Fernando Torres doesn't seem to have neglected his fitness after images emerged online showing the Spaniard looking jacked. Read Full Article at RT.com

Outgoing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has used his last full day in office to accuse China of genocide and crimes against humanity over its alleged abuses of Uighur Muslims in its northwestern Xinjiang region. Read Full Article at RT.com

What began in a Brooklyn parking lot, and then in (and out) of a cage in Las Vegas, almost had a third chapter on Fight Island this week as warring rivals Khabib and Conor McGregor appeared to come close to a hotel meeting. Read Full Article at RT.com

As the sun sets on the Trump presidency, commenters are falling over themselves to cram in nonsensical hot-takes. Perhaps the daftest of all has been offered by activist Amy Siskind, who claimed America had “toppled a dictator.� Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not have an opulent private estate on the country’s Black Sea coast, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted on Tuesday, in response to allegations from anti-corruption campaigner Alexey Navalny. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian figure skating champion Evgenia Medvedeva has revealed that she is constantly forced to overcome pain during training, adding that every year it’s more and more difficult to compete against younger opponents. Read Full Article at RT.com

Surging UFC star Khamzat Chimaev has fired yet another social media salvo at Conor McGregor ahead of his rematch with Dustin Poirier this weekend, saying that he has respect for Ireland but not the fighter he calls a 'chicken'. Read Full Article at RT.com

Chancellor Angela Merkel and Germany's 16 state leaders have agreed to extend the country's current lockdown until the middle of February in response to the spread of Covid-19 and the appearance of new variants. Read Full Article at RT.com

An independent WHO panel studying the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has criticized global vaccine rollout plans over inequalities that will see most of Africa missing out on receiving any jabs this year. Read Full Article at RT.com

As the media hail president-elect Joe Biden's appointment of the first-ever trans cabinet official, few note how she presided over a massive Covid-19 death toll in care homes in her prior post as Pennsylvania’s health secretary. Read Full Article at RT.com

…from SouthFront.org The situation in Syria’s Idlib appears to be, once again, on the brink of escalation, with the US preoccupied with what’s happening at home, and Turkey attempting to push towards Ain Issa, while being targeted by its own proxies. The terrorist threat is far from removed, and attacks are common, moments of calm

Researchers in Scotland say they have made a breakthrough in finding potential cures to motor neurone disease (MND) following their work on repairing the nerve damage caused by the degenerative illness. Read Full Article at RT.com

Two Spanish footballers, Eibar striker Sergi Enrich and his former teammate Antonio Luna, have been given two-year suspended sentences for recording and sharing a video with sexualized content. Read Full Article at RT.com

Twitter has erupted with fury after British broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson said he was “fed up to the back teeth of the whingeing� over the clamour that the quality of free school meal parcels has provoked. Read Full Article at RT.com

Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the national lockdown will remain in place until mid-February at least, as a highly contagious strain of Covid-19 continues to afflict the UK. Read Full Article at RT.com

Outgoing US President Donald Trump has delivered his “parting gift� to the Moscow-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, with newly announced sanctions targeting a pipe-laying vessel and companies involved in the multinational project. Read Full Article at RT.com

"Does Israel control US and Western countries' policies or is Israel just a spearhead of Western imperialism?"

The spectacular discovery of an almost complete skeleton of a Jurassic-period shark has given researchers incredible new insight into life on Earth 150-million-years ago. Read Full Article at RT.com

Conservative social media platform Parler is back, and after failing to completely railroad it off the internet, respectable “experts� are now whining about its new Russian links. But even those links aren’t what they seem. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Madrid area has been declared a “disaster zone� by the national government after extreme weather and snowstorms left the city crippled. The move means the affected areas can receive financial aid to alleviate the storm damage. Read Full Article at RT.com

Earth might be seeing a new Cold War, but Russia and the US are as friendly as ever up in space. After a postponed shipment, American astronauts on the International Space Station have donated food to their Russian counterparts. Read Full Article at RT.com

Anti-vaxx groups that FB has banned get hand out from Trump

Grisafe was given a detail briefing on security threats to the Capitol by terrorist and extremist group...then joined them in an armed coup against the US that demonstrated a high degree of organization and considerable advance knowledge of Capitol security...time for Chris to answer some hard questions.

Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk has predicted that relations between Moscow and Kiev will eventually return to normal, despite the “Russophobia� of the current Ukrainian authorities. Read Full Article at RT.com

VT has already been asked by the new administration to aid in securing freedom and bringing Trump’s massive criminal conspiracy to justice…

The World Health Organization (WHO) can and must address the failures that led to it being too slow in its initial response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the co-chair of an independent review panel has said. Read Full Article at RT.com

In the absence of specific statutes, like the ones written to combat foreign terrorism, the entire criminal code becomes part of the prosecutor’s playbook. So what laws might we expect to see prosecutors use after Wednesday?

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has affirmed his commitment to keeping interest rates low for the foreseeable future even as he expressed hope for a strong economic recovery. Read Full Article at RT.com

Alexey Navalny is not a political figure, but represents American money in Russia. That’s according to the leader of the country’s largest opposition party, the Communists. Read Full Article at RT.com

The New York Mets are in damage control mode after announcing they have fired their recently-appointed general manager Jared Porter amid reports that he sent a series of unsolicited, inappropriate texts to a female reporter. Read Full Article at RT.com

Berlin should introduce punitive tariffs on imports of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) since Washington is pursuing its own ends by imposing sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, according to a German MP. Read Full Article at RT.com

A website that claims to sell ad space for Covid-19 vaccinations has triggered both laughter and existential dread, with many expressing despair over the possibility that the absurd gimmick could actually be real. Read Full Article at RT.com

Many of the leaders of the attempted coup against the US were from a group centered in Michigan that met with GOP Senate Leader (Michigan Senate) Mike Shirkey.

Football fans have accused the La Liga authorities of letting Lionel Messi off lightly after the Barcelona star was given a two-match ban for lashing out during his team’s Spanish Super Cup defeat against Athletic Bilbao. Read Full Article at RT.com

How does one cure evil?

Former French Prime Minister Édouard Balladur has gone on trial in the Court of Justice of the Republic in Paris, over accusations that he'd financed his 1995 presidential bid with illegal kickbacks from arms deals. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian energy giant Gazprom has warned that Nord Stream 2 could be suspended or even canceled if there is a change in the political situation. The statement follows the imposition of new sanctions on the project by Washington. Read Full Article at RT.com

The FBI has arrested the fugitive Pennsylvania care worker accused of stealing a computer device from the office of Nancy Pelosi during the DC riots and later attempting to sell it to Russian spies.

The ‘world’s sexiest athlete’ Alica Schmidt has proved girls can combine killer gym workouts with feminine looks. She demonstrated her tough training regime before donning a tight-fitting cocktail dress that accentuated her lines. Read Full Article at RT.com

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has cut its 2021 forecast for oil demand by 0.3 million barrels. It will take more time for oil demand to recover fully as renewed lockdown measures will further limit mobility, the IEA said. Read Full Article at RT.com

The head of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has said the regulator will remove a ban on Boeing's 737 MAX plane, which has seen the jet grounded for almost two years after it was involved in two deadly accidents. Read Full Article at RT.com

You can't pardon a potential witness or a relative.  You can't sell pardons.  Pardoning witnesses is a "self pardon," which is prohibited.  Common law states that "no man can be judge in his own case."

Conor McGregor found a yacht to match his super-sized self-confidence as the Irishman posed on Fight Island in Abu Dhabi ahead of his comeback against Dustin Poirier at UFC 257 this weekend. Read Full Article at RT.com

Leftists conditioning public to accept political retribution for Americans who supported Donald Trump

"He's giving us 100 days to get to the US," a migrant said of Joe Biden.

The Iranian army has started a massive military exercise involving commando and paratrooper units. The drills are the latest in a series of war games held by the country in recent weeks, amid soaring tensions in the Persian Gulf. Read Full Article at RT.com