Austerity Drives Greek Suicides to Record Level as Germany’s Decrease
Suicides in Greece rose to their highest level in 30 years following the implementation of the country’s severe austerity programme in 2011, new figures reveal, in stark comparison with EU superpower...
View ArticleReport: ISIS Executes Jordanian Pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh
Updated | The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) has executed another prisoner, Jordanian pilot Muadh al-Kasasbeh, unverified media circulating on social media Tuesday appeared to indicate....
View ArticleTurkey Revokes Passport of Bitter Erdogan Rival Gulen
The Turkish government has canceled the passport of ally-turned-foe Fethullah Gulen, local media reported on Tuesday, the latest salvo in a bitter feud between the U.S.-based Muslim cleric and...
View ArticleVideo: Netanyahu Becomes the ‘Bibi-Sitter’ in Campaign Ad
Updated | The countdown to the Israeli elections on March 17 has started, and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the Likud party is pulling out all the stops. That includes, apparently,...
View ArticleAnimal Cruelty at Halal Slaughterhouse Highlights Widespread Abuse in UK
An animal charity which set up hidden cameras in a Halal abattoir has released footage revealing the slaughtermen abusing the animals before they are killed. The video, released by animal rights group...
View ArticleObama Administration Announces Reforms to Data Collection Rules
Updated | The Obama administration announced new rules governing data collection Tuesday, a move that comes more than a year after the president called for intelligence agencies to reform surveillance...
View ArticleRussian Parliament Set to Request €4 Trillion in WWII Reparations From Germany
Members of the Russian parliament are creating a task force to estimate the damages inflicted on Russia by Germany during WWII, in a bid to demand financial compensation from the German state almost 70...
View ArticleMeasles Vaccine: Whose Rights Are At Risk?
One of the great achievements of the last century was the effective elimination of many deadly communicable diseases by the widespread deployment of vaccines. I can still remember the fear that struck...
View ArticleAlmost 80% of UK Self-Employed Workers Living in Poverty
Nearly 80% of self-employed people in the UK are living in poverty, according to recently updated government statistics from the 2012-2013 tax year.The HM Revenue and Customs data, which was updated on...
View ArticleNASA Mission to Jupiter’s Moon Edges Closer
NASA scientists have revealed that they are one step closer to launching a mission to Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa, thanks to a budget boost from the White House. Although President Barack Obama has...
View ArticleHarper Lee to Publish New Novel 55 Years After Last
Lovers of the 1960 classic To Kill a Mockingbird have reason to rejoice. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing, announced Tuesday it would publish a “new” novel by Harper Lee. Go Set a...
View Article'Mocking Bird Call': Newsweek's 1961 Profile of Harper Lee
Harper Lee's publisher announced Tuesday that the To Kill a Mockingbird author will finally publish a second novel. The book, titled Go Set a Watchman, was written in the mid-1950s but set aside for 60...
View ArticleMayor Bill de Blasio's State of the City: What Did He Say About Policing?
Despite nasty spats with the press and Albany at the beginning of his administration, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio did manage to deliver on key campaign promises during his first year in office....
View ArticleTel Aviv Diary: In Israel, an Election Smothered in Scandal
Last night the latest Israeli elections polls came out. For the first time in this campaign, cycle polls showed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party with a clear lead over Yitzhak Herzog’s...
View ArticleProtesters Urge Kiev to Shift Tactics in Fight Against Moscow
Dozens of protesters, including members of the Ukrainian military, gathered inside a presidential administrative building in Kiev on Tuesday to express frustration with the ongoing fighting in eastern...
View ArticleChristie, Rand Hamstring Themselves on Vaccines
Getting vaccinated isn’t fun. It hurts. But it’s better for you in the long run. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky should have taken that lesson to heart before throwing...
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Behind the Scenes of ‘Earth a New Wild,’ PBS’s New Nature Show
Picture Planet Earth, the groundbreaking BBC nature show, but with people in it. That’s sort of what PBS’s new show Earth a New Wild is like: a documentary about the beautiful landscapes and creatures...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Wisdom: Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll at His Best After His Worst...
Before we close the book on Super Bowl XLIX, and the roof on University of Phoenix Stadium, let’s take a look back at one of the most memorable contests in the game’s history, an event that provided...
View ArticleRoughly $1.8 Billion in Ebola Relief Donations Haven't Made it to Africa
Nearly 60 percent of the funding pledged to help fight the Ebola epidemic has not made it to its destination, according to research published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal.Nations and...
View ArticleCancer Will Strike 1 Out of Every 2 People in the U.K., Study Finds
One out of every two people in the U.K. will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer on Wednesday.Other studies have...
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