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According to Agence Europe (Brussels, 20/5/14) the US/EU Free Trade Agreement, aka TTIP, is a strong theme in the European elections due to take place on 22-25 May. Different parties have stated their positions (in general neoliberal parties for, left…

As has been well noted, just as the printing press changed the way information was disseminated in the Middle Ages which launched massive change and initiated processes of more generalised education and expansion of accessibility to literature and the written…

Geneva, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Climate change and its consequences were at the center of the plenary of the World Health Organization Assembly, which continues today its meetings in the Palais des Nations, chaired by Cuba. Several ministers and other…

While no Credit Suisse executives will be heading to jail for facilitating widespread tax evasion, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan has been sentenced to three months in jail and five years of probation. McMillan was arrested in March 2012…

Michael Powell is the son of Gen. Colin Powell. The elder Powell knows a thing or two about war. He famously presented the case for invading Iraq to the United Nations, on Feb. 5, 2003, based on faulty evidence of…

Moscow, May 19 (Prensa Latina) Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops involved in drills near the Ukrainian borders to return to their barracks after concluding operations, the Russian press service confirmed today. “The decision to return these forces to their…

By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan Michael Powell is the son of Gen. Colin Powell. The elder Powell knows a thing or two about war. He famously presented the case for invading Iraq to the United Nations, on Feb. 5,…

By Roberto Savio In this Column, ROBERTO SAVIO, founder and president emeritus of Inter Press Service (IPS), writes on persistent inequality and the failure of “trickle down” economy. ROME, May 15 2014 (IPS) – Not a day goes by without…

An Al Jazeera journalist on hunger strike against his imprisonment in Egypt has reportedly been moved to solitary confinement in a maximum security prison. Abdullah Elshamy has been held without charge for close to nine months and on hunger strike…

230 cities, 33 countries and 5 continents. Fast food workers are demanding higher salaries. “A few background facts from the Agenda Project Action Fund. (Alter Net) Fast food CEO’s make 1,200 times more than their employees The current federal minimum…