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До протестів фермерів у Колумбії долучилися і студенти. Вже майже два тижні щодня на вулиці виходять тисячі людей по всій країні. Чи не щоразу демонстрації перетворюються на сутички з поліцією, як-от напередодні у Боготі. Після не [...]

Спека у Каліфорнії спадає, і вогнеборці сподіваються взяти під контроль лісові пожежі, що тривають уже два тижні. Стихія лютує у Йосемітському національному парку, який належить до Всесвітньої спадщини ЮНЕСКО. Наразі пожежники нам [...]

Влада Киргизстану побоюється, що цю центральноазійську країну може вразити бубонна чума. Підставою для занепокоєнь стала смерть 15-річного юнака від цієї страшної хвороби. Достеменно досі невідомо, яким чином хлопець заразився, а [...]

В аргентинской провинции Неукен акции протеста против разработки месторождений сланцевого газа американским энергетическим гигантом Chevron переросли в столкновения с полицией. Демонстранты собрались около здания местного конгресс [...]

With the rupee in a free fall, gold prices hit a record high of Rs 34,500 per 10 grams on Wednesday. Surprisingly, the demand for gold also seems to be soaring along with its prices. [...]

Robin Hanson is a Professor of Economics at the George Mason University in the US and a researcher at the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. He is an expert on prediction markets and the social implications of futu [...]

Nearly 8,000 people have died horrible painful deaths in Haiti since a cholera epidemic swept the country two years ago. Over half a million others have been infected and dozens are still dying every week. The scientific evidence [...]

Португалія звернулася по збільшення міжнародної допомоги у зв'язку з лісовими пожежами, які не вщухають уже тиждень. Пожежники - а їх задіяно більше тисячі - скаржаться, що за гасінням не мають часу ні на їжу, ні на сон. Пожежі [...]

With over 200 million people unemployed globally and no end in sight for the recession, the need for jobs has never been greater. Youth unemployment has reached critical levels and threatens to destabilize many countries. What can [...]

When reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant went into meltdown most of Japan's other nuclear power stations were closed too.That was more than two years ago and now the government wants not only to reopen them, but to build more. [...]

Imagine a world where police can predict crime before it happens. While it may seem like science fiction, police departments around the world claim a computer system can tell officers where a crime will occur. [...]

In recent weeks, a number of studies released showcase the over prescription of pills in the United States. According to one of the studies, 61 percent of doctors prescribe the most powerful antibiotics and 25 percent of the time [...]

A FBI agent in charge of the cyber division in New York recently claimed due to the 'dismantlement' of the key players of the hacktivist group, Anonymous, the movement is no longer coming forward with "large breaches." Pete Pachal [...]

A city in California has become ground zero in a battle with mortgage lenders and now the federal government in its push to implement a radical new plan to assist homeowners who cannot meet the terms of their loans. [...]

The operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant was "careless" in monitoring tanks containing dangerously radioactive water, the country's nuclear regulator has said.The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) also fail [...]

North and South Korea are about to hold talks on reuniting families separated by the Korean War.The meetings were suspended three years ago.Since then, ties between Seoul and Pyongyang have become worse.But Friday's talks are seen [...]

Protesters in the US capital, Washington, have gathered outside the White House to voice their anger against the industrial process known as fracking.It involves firing pressurised water and sand deep underground to tap gas stored [...]

The Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez once had the highest murder rate in the world due to drug-related violence, but now life is slowly starting to improve.In the second of a two-part report, Al Jazeera's Rachel Levin tells us how th [...]

Один спасатель погиб, еще 7 пострадали во время тушения сильных лесных пожаров в гористой северной части Португалии. Местные жители пытались самостоятельно бороться с огнем до приезда пожарных, но им не удалось остановить его расп [...]

В американском штате Калифорнии из-за крупнейшего в истории США пожара, охватившего более 20 тысяч гектаров леса, введено чрезвычайное положение. [...]

В Колумбии около 150 тыс. человек вышли на улицы городов в 24 департаментах страны. К общенациональной забастовке, организованной по инициативе сельскохозяйственных профсоюзов, присоединились студенты, представители транспортной и [...]

Tuberculosis (TB) is a centuries-old disease that many believe is now relegated to the slums of impoverished countries in Africa and Asia. But while developing countries bear the brunt of new infections, TB is still one of the wor [...]

Japan's nuclear watchdog says the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant is failing to properly monitor the storage tanks containing radioactive water. There's now fears the contaminated water is slowly seeping towards the pacifi [...]

Американское космическое агентство сообщает, что готово отправить к Луне исследовательский аппарат LANDEE. Лаборатория отправится на орбиту в сентябре и поможет ученым больше узнать не только о спутнике Земли, но и о других планет [...]

Why is light skin so desirable in many cultures around the world? [...]

Newly-liberated with productive farms and an education system that was the envy of its neighbours, Zimbabwe in the early 1980s was a land of plenty. Within one person's childhood all that changed. Filmmaker Tapiwa Chipfupa returns [...]

После того как стало известно, что бывший сотрудник Агентства национальной безопасности США Эдвард Сноуден пользовался электронной почтой Lavabit, власти США потребовали от интернет-сервиса предоставить информацию о клиентах. Одна [...]

Neil Munro, The Daily Caller & Jessie Jane Duff, Gunnery Sgt, U.S. Marine Corps (ret) join Thom Hartmann. [...]

Journalism is not a job or career - it's an act - and we need to continue to protect that act by upholding the First Amendment. [...]

Australian government says a new "carbon tax" helps reduce emission whereas the main opposition party says the hit has been to economy. A ski resort gets to the nub of the issue. It's energy intensive to run Hotham Alpine resort, [...]