According to a petition being circulated on the activist site Care2.com, the world’s ocean liners and cruise ships contribute massively to pollution of not only our air but also our seas. The petition, “Tell […]
According to a petition being circulated on the activist site Care2.com, the world’s ocean liners and cruise ships contribute massively to pollution of not only our air but also our seas. The petition, “Tell […]
A new study sponsored by Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center has highlighted the prospect that global industrial civilisation could collapse in coming decades due to unsustainable resource exploitation and increasingly unequal wealth […]
The parents of a Japanese girl who was abducted by North Korea more than three decades ago met their child’s daughter for the first time last week, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on […]
The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) has sued 16 big banks that set a key global interest rate, accusing them of fraud and conspiring to keep the rate low to enrich […]
UPDATE! Only cars with license plates ending in an odd number were allowed on to Paris streets during the day. Drivers with plates ending in an even number were ordered to leave […]
Every year, Reporters Without Borders publishes a list of “Enemies of the Internet,” designed to draw attention to countries that disrupt the freedom of information with propaganda, surveillance, and censorship. For the […]
UPDATE! Malaysia is reportedly investigating a theory that flight MH370 could have slipped under Pakistani radars and landed a Taliban base close to the Afghan border. The pilots’ possible role in the […]
By Moath al-Alwi I write this letter, as I wrote my last, between bouts of violent vomiting and sharp pains in my stomach caused by this morning’s force-feeding session. Reading news articles, […]
Wow, 83 large planes have gone missing since 1948 and have never been found: (via @JuddLegum) [Source]
The Russian press added that “A Kremlin statement said Putin had underlined to Rouhani that any solution to the Ukrainian crisis must take into account the interests and the will of people […]