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Israel will privatize makers of Uzi sub-machine gun
Israel plans to privatise loss-making Israel Military Industries Ltd (IMI), manufacturer of the legendary Uzi sub machinegun, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Wednesday. “I am pleased at the green...
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John Fugelsang’s advice: Tell conservative relatives Thanksgiving ‘invented...
Comedian John Fugelsang had some advice for progressives dealing with conservative relatives at the Thanksgiving table this year, telling MSNBC host Ed Schultz that it takes a hearty helping of facts...
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Scientists target newly-discovered enzyme in fight against malaria
Scientists on Wednesday said they had identified a new target in the parasite that causes malaria, a disease that causes more than a half a million deaths annually. Potential drugs can aim at a...
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World Bank president: ‘We don’t do nuclear energy’
The World Bank and United Nations on Wednesday appealed for billions of dollars to provide electricity for the poorest nations but said there would be no investment in nuclear power. “We don’t do...
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HIV infections on the rise in Europe and Central Asia
HIV infections in Europe and Central Asia increased by eight percent in 2012 compared to a year earlier, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control announced Wednesday. The rise of 131,000...
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Seattle restaurant owner and ‘tech nerd’ at odds over use of ‘Google Glass’
The owner of two Seattle restaurants has engaged in a public dispute online with a local man over the customer’s use of the Google Glass eyeglasses. GeekWire reported on Wednesday that Nick Starr had...
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Justin Bieber accused of spraying graffiti inside Australian hotel
Teen heartthrob Justin Bieber was Thursday told to clean up his mess after the pop star was accused of spraying graffiti on the wall of an Australian hotel. Furious Gold Coast mayor Tom Tate said the...
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Sweden’s H&M stops making angora products after rabbit torture video
Swedish fashion giant H&M said Wednesday it would stop making clothing containing angora hair after an animal rights group released video showing fur being plucked from live rabbits on Chinese...
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Poland will begin producing shale gas in 2014
Poland will begin commercial production of shale gas next year, the Deputy Environment Minister said Wednesday, becoming the first European country to use the controversial technique known as fracking....
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Conservatives flip out over U.S. Vatican embassy move
Conservative media outlets and former Republican officials falsely accused President Barack Obama on Wednesday of instigating a closure of the U.S. embassy to the Vatican — when in fact the embassy is...
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Happy Thanksgiving from the NSA
Here’s this week’s news from the NSA. Yes, when it comes to international espionage and snooping, in less than a century we’ve gone from a US Secretary of State declaring, “Gentlemen do not read each...
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A brief history of Hollywood spies
The history of Tinseltown is littered with allegations of espionage, as the revelations about the successful producer has reminded us. Welcome to the world of ‘thespionage’ The history of Hollywood is...
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Bribery, prostitution and a U.S. Naval officer’s fall from grace
He had an empathetic story that seemed to embody the American dream, and the US Navy was eager to tell it. Born in the rice fields of Cambodia outside Phnom Penh, Michael Vannak Khem Misiewicz was sent...
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Exxon sells controversial Iraq oil stake to PetroChina
American energy giant Exxon Mobil on Thursday sold part of its controversial stake in a massive Iraqi oilfield to PetroChina and Indonesia’s Pertamina amid a long-running row with Baghdad. The sale of...
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California city of Irwindale celebrates court ruling against ‘smelly’...
A US city welcomed Wednesday a court ruling which could force the closure of a US factory that makes famed Sriracha chili sauces, after neighbors complained of spicy smells. The California city of...
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New setback for Obamacare: Small businesses will have to wait until next...
The US government announced Wednesday small businesses will have to wait until next year to buy health coverage through an online marketplace, yet another setback for Barack Obama’s signature health...
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Yale professor found dead in his jail cell hours after fighting with police
A Yale University professor was found dead in his jail cell a day after he was arrested following a domestic dispute. Officers were called Saturday afternoon to the home of Samuel See, whose sister...
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Winter storm grounds hundreds of flights on busy Thanksgiving travel day
A wet and windy storm hit the U.S. East Coast on one of the busiest travel days of the year on Wednesday, disrupting air and road traffic as millions of people tried to get home for the major...
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War-weary Americans back Iran nuclear deal by 2-to-1 margin
Americans back a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran by a two-to-one margin and are very wary of the United States resorting to military action against Tehran even if the historic diplomatic effort...
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‘Romantic’ suicide stirs euthanasia debate in France
The striking double suicide of an 86-year-old couple in Paris’s luxury Lutetia Hotel may suddenly reignite the debate over euthanasia in France. Georgette and Bernard Cazes took their own lives on...
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