Leaders of Asian and African nations met this Wednesday at the Asian African Summit, a conference designed to support South South trade and cooperation. The summit was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. While the leaders called […]
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World’s First Solar Plane Touches Down In China
The world’s first light powered air-plane, Solar Impulse, has arrived in east China city of Nanjing it was reported Wednesday. Lead pilot Bertrand Piccard nosed the prop-driven vehicle back down to earth at 11:28pm local […]
EU Charges Gazprom With Abusing Dominant Position
Google isn’t the only one feeling the heat from the European Commission (EC). Americans.org learned this morning that the EU competition regulator has charged Gazprom, the Russian state energy company, with abusing its dominant market […]
Greece Announces Capital Controls, Moves Closer To Bankruptcy
Greek citizens awoke this morning to their country being one step closer to bankruptcy. Yesterday, following weeks of intense speculation, Greece finally launched its first round of capital controls, when it declared that due to […]
Japanese Nuclear Plant Leaks More Radiation Into Ocean
The Fukushima nuclear disaster shows no signs of getting better as Tokyo Electric Power Co. on Tuesday reported yet another setback. In an announcement they stated that a power outage has shut down all eight […]
Former Egyptian President Morsy Sent To Prison
Mohamed Morsy, the controversial former Egyptian President, is back in prison. Morsy, who was ousted by military leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, was convicted on Tuesday and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He faced charges […]
H&M Caught Trying To Pay Student Artists In Gift Cards
Swedish retailer of fast fashion to the world H&M is doing damage control this morning after word leaked that it was trying to pay student artist in gift cards for helping them beautify the construction […]
Shocking Street Violence Rocks South Africa
South Africa was shocked this weekend by a stunning series of photos showing helpless Mozambican migrant Emmanuel Sithole pleading for his life as a gang of men brutally murder him in a Johannesburg street. A […]
Why China’s new silk road plan is a pipe dream
China Xi Jinping has grand dreams of new Asian trade routes but his ideas stand in stark contrast to his country’s political and military stance in the region and around the world. Xi first proposed […]
Greece To Receive $5 Billion Bailout From Russia
Der Spiegel is reporting that Greece is poised to sign a gas deal with Russia as early as Tuesday that could put up to €5 billion into the depleted Greek coffers, according to a senior […]
Hollywood Rejoices As The Pirate Bay Reopens For ‘Business’
For the first time since it was raided late last year, Hollywood’s favorite website, The Pirate Bay, is allowing users to open new accounts again. Registrations had been closed for months due to security issues […]
TGIF: Google Has A Bad Day Amid A Bad Week
Search and mobile phone monopolist Google must be thankful it’s Friday. The company, already having a bad week due to the EU announcing its intent to prosecute the giant over abuse of dominant position in […]
China Has Built Military Airbase In South China Sea
Brand new satellite images published on Thursday show China has nearly completed building a military airstrip in the contested South China Sea’s Spratly Islands and is likely planning another. These hostile moves have been greeted […]
Sweden Finally Willing To Question Wikileaks Founder
In what seems like an obvious move, Swedish prosecutors agreed late Thursday to interview Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Mr Assange has long welcomed their questioning yet refused to leave his current residence, the Ecuadorian embassy, […]
Worst May Be Over But Tough Times For Russia Ahead
Vladimir Putin welcomed the ruble’s rebound and banks’ stability, saying that Russia is coping with “difficult economic conditions.” Yet even with an on again off again cease-fire in Ukraine and stabilizing oil prices, the central […]
New ISIS Threats Show Caliphate In Decline
ISIS continues to inflame the international community, recently threatening to carry out a second 9/11 and but analysts say these provocations are meant to be diversions to their followers, as well as Western nations. The […]
India Fears Billionaires Bearing Gifts
India seems to be much less enamoured and much more suspicious of American tech billionaires – especially ones bearing gifts. Facebook’s thinly veiled trojan horse Internet.org suffered a major blow on Wednesday when significant Indian […]
World Cyber War Heats Up
New evidence uncovered by Kaspersky Labs shows some of the first documented group on group attacks by state sponsored hacking teams. The report, released Tuesday, documents two Asian based teams targeting each other using sophisticated […]
Mexico On Alert As Radioactive Material Iridium-192 Stolen
Mexico issued an alert late Wednesday in 5 states after deadly radioactive material was stolen from a truck this week. The interior ministry said iridium-192 had been stolen from a truck in the southern state […]