The national debt clock is spinning faster every year. At last check, it was approaching $16.4 trillion. Just four years ago, it was $10.6 trillion. The skyrocketing number is, to say the least, reason...
The federal government has emerged as one of the most potent factors driving income inequality in the United States – especially in the nation’s capital. By DEBORAH NELSON AND HIMANSHU OJHA WASHINGTON, D.C., DECEMBER 18, 2012 In...
A German state privacy protection authority issued an ultimatum to Facebook this week: The company can either stop forcing members to use their real names, or face fines. The social networking site says it...
Japan’s general election is over – with main opposition leader Shinzo Abe winning back the country’s top job. And these are the traits and policies that are likely to define his term.
Year in wild weather: Vicious heat waves, wildfires, hurricanes and superstorms.
Countries around the world need to do more to fight the spread of malaria. That is one of the key findings of a new report by the World Health Organisation. The World Health Organisation...
As students return to classes today after the murder of 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut, parents may find some reassurance in a single fact: Students are far less likely to be killed in school than...
http://www.euronews.com/ The number of people with jobs in the eurozone continues to fall. Employment was down by 0.2 percent in the third quarter from the second according to the latest figures from the EU’s statistics...
Democrats who voted for ObamaCare now want a delay on the tax on the medical-device industry.
http://www.euronews.com/ The jobs news from Greece continues to be relentlessly bad. The latest official figures for the third quarter of the year show the jobless rate rose to 24.8 percent of the workforce. It was...
