A new report by Credit Suisse says the wealthiest 1 percent of the world’s population now controls 50 percent of total global wealth. This is … 1% of World’s Population Controls 50% of Total Global WealthRead more
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Posted inBiodiversity / Extinction / News
Animals Dying Off in Current Mass Extinction
The world’s sixth mass extinction began about 40 years ago, with humans contributing to the loss of biodiversity, according to a new study in the … Animals Dying Off in Current Mass ExtinctionRead more
Posted inEconomics / News / TPP / Trade
WikiLeaks Releases Final TPP Chapter Text on ‘Intellectual Property’
WikiLeaks has released what appears to be the final negotiated text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s intellectual property chapter, after the United States and 11 other … WikiLeaks Releases Final TPP Chapter Text on ‘Intellectual Property’Read more
Posted inGMO / News / Protest / Social
100,000 German beekeepers call for GMO cultivation ban
German beekeepers have called for a nationwide ban on cultivating GM plants, reports the German NGO keine-gentechnik.de. The call by the German Beekeepers Association (DIB), … 100,000 German beekeepers call for GMO cultivation banRead more
Posted inFukushima / News
Kids Near Fukushima 20-50 Times Higher Rates of Thyroid Cancer
A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant during the 2011 meltdown have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate between … Kids Near Fukushima 20-50 Times Higher Rates of Thyroid CancerRead more
Posted inNews / Water
A third of the world’s biggest groundwater basins are in distress
For the first paper, researchers examined the planet’s 37 largest aquifers between 2003 and 2013. The eight worst off were classified as overstressed, with nearly … A third of the world’s biggest groundwater basins are in distressRead more
Posted inCrime / Economics / News
Barclays Faces $470 Million Fine for Energy Market Manipulation
U.S. regulators have threatened to fine Barclays bank about $470 million to settle claims the company manipulated electricity markets in California in order to turn … Barclays Faces $470 Million Fine for Energy Market ManipulationRead more
Posted inEconomics / Inequality / News
Global Inequality at 20-Year High
A new report is warning global inequality has reached a 20-year high. According to the group Save the Children, poverty that had previously been concentrated … Global Inequality at 20-Year HighRead more
Posted inFascism / Hindutva / India / News
RSS Sympathiser Loses Column for Telling Truth
An RSS sympathiser and historian has lost his 16-year-old column in a pro-RSS newspaper because he spoke to ET about the eating habits of top … RSS Sympathiser Loses Column for Telling TruthRead more
Posted inAfghanistan / News / USA Empire
Airstrike on Kunduz Hospital is a War Crime
Doctors Without Borders is demanding an independent inquiry into a suspected U.S. airstrike on an Afghan hospital that killed 22 people in the city of … Airstrike on Kunduz Hospital is a War CrimeRead more