Famous for its bright lights, roulette wheels, slot machines and cabaret acts, Las Vegas wants to expand its image beyond its casinos, to contemporary art and culture. Despite museum’s having suffered in […]
Art boom in Las Vegas
Italy’s anti-austerity protest turns violent
An anti-austerity protest in Italy has turned violent as demonstrators clashed with police in the capital Rome. Protesters took to the streets to voice their anger at Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s labour […]
First look at La Paz’s cable car to the skies
Reaching 4,150m in the Andes mountains as it sails smoothly between La Paz and El Alto, Bolivia, the bold new Mi Teleferico is the longest and highest urban cable car in the […]
Let the women do the voting – the men don’t know how to vote anyway
By Fredrik Virtanen, Aftonbladet The world would be more beautiful if men were deprived of voting rights. We don’t have a clue anyway. [The Nationalist] Sweden Democrats would then not get into […]
‘West scared of BRICS as it has no control over it’ – Ex-Indian Foreign Secretary
Representing a fifth of the world economy, the BRICS states pose a challenge to the US-dominated world. Submarket growth in Russia and the West could also change more rapidly, shifting the whole […]
Two Danish entrepreneurs founded the Palestine Marathon but could not find enough land (so they have to run twice)
Israel prevents an Olympic athlete from the Gaza Strip from competing in a marathon in the occupied West Bank.
CNN reveals that NATO is wrong about Russian military build up near the Ukrainian border
Phil Black visits areas near the Ukraine border where satellite photos seem to indicate Russia troops have gathered. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGJMQrWNsJs
Shoe thrown at Hillary Clinton during Las Vegas speech
Former US Secretary of State was nearly hit by a shoe during a speech in Las Vegas Thursday, dodging the object at the last second as an usher escorted a young woman […]
This Ex-Astronaut Is Stalking Asteroids to Save Civilization
Transnistria: A land in limbo
CNN’s Karl Penhaul gets a rare look inside Transnistria, a self-declared country sandwiched between Moldova and Ukraine.