Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov broke the news of the passing of UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov's father and trainer Abdulmanap on Friday from Covid-19 by honoring his "raising a worthy generation". Read Full Article at RT.com

Just when you thought this year couldn't get any worse, there's more bad news. Mongolia has quarantined an entire region after identifying two people with symptoms of bubonic plague – only 300km from the frontier with Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com

Online voting is underway in the prestigious international competition for young photographers, the Andrei Stenin Contest, named after a photojournalist who was killed while working in eastern Ukraine in 2014. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Washington Redskins have announced that they will 'review' the name of their franchise amid pressure from sponsors aggrieved at the potentially racially insensitive associations which come with it. Read Full Article at RT.com

Japan's central bank has announced it's experimenting with a digital currency that could replace the traditional yen, signaling a possible shift away from coinage in the cash-loving nation. Read Full Article at RT.com

General secretary of the Russian Boxing Federation, Umar Kremlev, has expressed his condolences over the tragic passing of Khabib Nurmagomedov's father, Abdulmanap, describing it as a huge loss for the sports community. Read Full Article at RT.com

Copenhagen's 'Little Mermaid' statue has yet again been vandalized, now with the words "racist fish" sprayed on its base. The fairy tale character's cancellation comes in spite of Disney casting a black actress for the movie role. Read Full Article at RT.com

Famed Russian coach Elena Buyanova has dismissed rumors about Evgenia Medvedeva's departure from Brian Orser, saying that their cooperation will resume upon her arrival in Canada. Read Full Article at RT.com

A year after its 5G launch, Vodafone is showcasing the first instance of a 'standalone' network. Until now, 5G was only available on mixed 5G/4G networks. Read Full Article at RT.com

A free-trade agreement between the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and Israel may be concluded in 2020, according to Israel's Charge d'Affaires Yacov Livne. Read Full Article at RT.com

Broadcaster Piers Morgan is being branded a hypocrite for blasting the reopening of pubs as "insane," after praising his own son for attending a Black Lives Matter protest, where many flouted social distancing guidelines. Read Full Article at RT.com

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Russia's upcoming S-500 anti-missile system will be unrivaled by any other similar technology in the world, a top military official has said. It is also the first in a new class of space-defense weaponry. Read Full Article at RT.com

The Ekaterinburg ecclestiastical court has defrocked the infamous cleric Shiigumen Sergius, after a series of controversial comments and disobeyed orders. The priest also took control of a convent, removing the abbess in charge. Read Full Article at RT.com

Former tennis ace Martina Navratilova says Serena Williams' quest for a record-tying 24th Grand Slam title has limitations, and stresses that "time is not her friend," as her body "is still ageing," even when at rest. Read Full Article at RT.com

A sculpture of an elk that has graced downtown Portland, Oregon, for 120 years is to be taken down by city authorities, after protesters set the statue on fire. Police have asked the public to help identify the vandals. Read Full Article at RT.com

At least 20 people have died after a train plowed into a bus at a railway crossing in Punjab, eastern Pakistan. Survivors of the accident have been rushed to a nearby hospital. Read Full Article at RT.com

Young people in Britain are facing the worst jobs crisis since records began. Over one million will be plunged into unemployment by the end of 2020 if the UK government doesn't intervene, new research has warned. Read Full Article at RT.com

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There may finally be an end in sight. Two weeks after Russia's home-grown Covid-19 vaccine was administered to a group of volunteers, there have been no side-effects, and it seems mass immunization may be just around the corner. Read Full Article at RT.com

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SBG Ireland stalwart Peter Queally, who is a long-time training partner of Conor McGregor, has recalled Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov coming to his assistance when a situation threatened to boil over after a bout in Russia. Read Full Article at RT.com

UFC bantamweight title challenger Petr Yan has hailed Abdulmanap Nurmagomedov as a "patriot of his people" after the respected father and trainer of lightweight champion Khabib died at the age of 57 on Friday. Read Full Article at RT.com

Aussie animal lovers and politicians alike are in uproar after it emerged that a man hired as a conservationist was in fact a big-game hunter who had posed with numerous dead animals that he killed in South Africa. Read Full Article at RT.com

Russian president Vladimir Putin has called Khabib Nurmagomedov to offer his "deepest condolences" over the death of his father and trainer Abdulmanap, who died on Friday from Covid-19 aged just 57. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hundreds of people have been arrested since the controversial new national security law went into effect in Hong Kong, the United Nations has said. It warns that the "vague" legislation could undermine human rights. Read Full Article at RT.com

Justin Gaethje, the planned next opponent for UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov, has paid tribute to his rival's late father and trainer Abdulmanap after his death in Moscow at the age of 57. Read Full Article at RT.com