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Iran to install new nuclear equipment at Natanz site
Iran intends to install more modern equipment at Natanz, one of its main nuclear sites, according to a document seen by AFP on Thursday. The UN atomic agency document said that Iran informed it in a...
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HHS takes final steps toward near-universal contraception coverage
Reproductive rights groups are applauding the latest announcement by the Obama administration of proposed policies aimed at providing contraceptive coverage to women employed by religious...
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U.S. commemorates Columbia disaster for 10 year anniversary
With somber ceremonies, the United States on Friday commemorated the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven-member crew on the tenth anniversary of the disaster. Columbia, NASA’s first space...
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Taibbi tells Moyers: You can’t let Wall Street off the hook and jail someone...
President Barack Obama’s administration, journalist Matt Taibbi said in an interview with Bill Moyers, has likely accepted the explanation made by advisors who used to work at the same Wall Street...
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Military expands mental health counseling in Afghanistan to soldiers over...
Bagram airbase has 40-strong team of psychologists and others on hand, though stigma of such care in the military remains The US military in Afghanistan has slowly been building up ways to help troops...
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WHO: Less than half all countries in the world prepared to deal with cancer
Less than half of all countries in the world have functioning plans to prevent cancer and provide treatment and care to cancer patients, the World Health Organisation lamented Friday. “Cancer should...
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NYC’s Grand Central Station turns 100
Built in palatial Beaux Arts style, celebrated in movies, and narrowly saved from the wrecking ball in the 1970s, New York’s Grand Central rail station turned 100 Friday. The iconic building no longer...
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U.S. carbon emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994
Energy-saving technologies and a doubling in renewables led to the reduction in climate pollution, new figures show America’s carbon dioxide emissions last year fell to their lowest levels since 1994,...
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Report: Oakland PD pointed firearms at a sleeping baby
A new report by the federal monitor overseeing the Oakland Police Department officers pointed their weapons at a sleeping baby while executing a search warrant. “Two officers pointed their firearms at...
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Why sales is a hot new job
Why sales is a hot new job (via The Christian Science Monitor) Tim Kilroy, a father of five, changed jobs about a year ago to become a sales representative for three companies, all in some ways linked...
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Campaign to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio kicks off in Arizona
A group calling itself Respect Arizona filed papers on Thursday to recall Maricopa County’s controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio. “We believe Sheriff Arpaio has violated our trust and our dignity as...
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‘Beautiful Game’ still ticket out of poverty for Brazil’s teens
On a muddy pitch in a Rio slum, a skinny 17-year-old with big dreams of football stardom struts his stuff to attract the attention of talent-spotters watching a local tournament. Alan Viera is one of...
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CA preschool closing amid allegations of sexual contact between students
A group of parents is suing a California preschool as it prepares to shut down following allegations that at least two boys got oral sex from a 5-year-old girl. One of the parents, Richard McCarthy,...
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‘King Bibi’ holds on for third term as Israel’s PM
Right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tapped on Saturday to form a new government for a third successive term, cuts a figure of admiration and loathing at home and abroad. A May 2012...
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After 30 years, is a GM food breakthrough finally here?
Golden rice, a new strain that boosts vitamin A levels and reduces blindness in developing countries, is about to be sown in the Philippines – and is the new battleground crop Scientists say they have...
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Hackers attack embattled Iraqi PM’s website
Hackers attacked the official website of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Saturday, posting a message critical of the leader who has faced weeks of protests demanding he quit. The message, posted...
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New privacy app pushing to help bring about ‘geek utopia’
Wickr co-founder Nico Sell is working toward “geek utopia,” a world where people hold the power when it comes to who sees what they share on the Internet or from their phones. The startup’s services —...
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Gun-control group’s Super Bowl ad seizes on past NRA statement
Past statements by the National Rifle Association (NRA) supporting of background checks for all gun sales are at the center of a new advertisement by the gun-control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns....
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Elderly man dies as torrential rains lash Jordan
A flash flood in southern Jordan killed an elderly man on Saturday as torrential rains and heavy snowfall swept the desert country, trapping 300 people who had to be rescued, officials said. The...
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Jared Diamond in controversy over claim tribal peoples live in ‘state of...
Respected author’s book condemned by Survival International as ‘completely wrong, both factually and morally’ A fierce dispute has erupted between Pulitzer prize-winning author Jared Diamond and...
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