The Israeli military has admitted that its bloody crackdown on unarmed Palestinian protesters was “accurate and measured.” The Israel Defense Forces, which shot hundreds of Gazans with live ammunition, likewise said, “we know where every bullet land ...[
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Today, more than 80 percent of Republicans, Democrats and independents agree that the war on drugs has failed, according to a new nationwide poll of registered voters from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Drug Policy Alliance. More than two-thir ...[
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The corporate media have been bashing the Cuban government in response to the recent protests in Cuba, while President Joe Biden claims, “We stand with the Cuban people.” But they ignore or minimize the leading cause of economic suffering in Cuba: the ...[
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The Biden administration recently announced a record permanent increase in the value of food stamps aid going to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients around the country. The average amount received each month by each of the 42 milli ...[
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"The world needs global cooperation to tackle shared threats of the pandemic and climate change, not a new Cold War." ...[
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IT workers are treated with thinly veiled contempt in many organisations - Tom Brewster finds out why i.t. workers are at odds with the other departments in many corporations and organizations. ...[
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University of California research looks into the power networks that connect powerful corporations, politicians and the people that run them together. Examining their life from their upbringing to their social contacts, the research discovers that same i ...[
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(AP) STOCKHOLM - Sweden was the first European country to introduce bank notes in 1661. Now it's come farther than most on the path toward getting rid of them.
"I can't see why we should be printing bank notes at all anymore," says Bjoern Ulvaeus, former ...[
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"TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs. After almost 12 years at the firm ...[
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4.7 magnitude earthquake just 25 km (15 miles) off the Fukushima nuclear plant was recorded on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 10:36 UTC (19:36 JST). Epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) ENE of Iwaki, Honshu, Japan (37.103 ...[
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The Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, has accused Libya of training and arming rebels fighting against the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad.
"We have information that in Libya, with support from the 'authorities', there is a spe ...[
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