NSA spied on phones of 35 world leaders
The National Security Agency eavesdropped on hundreds of phone numbers belonging to dozens of world leaders, newly leaked documents supplied by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden reveal....
View ArticleUS intelligence warning allies about sensitive Snowden leaks yet to be...
American officials have begun advising US allies that the ongoing National Security Agency disclosures made possible by whistleblower Edward Snowden include files detailing cooperation between their...
View ArticleAT&T gets paid millions by the CIA to give up user data
The second-largest telecom company in the United States has been on the Central Intelligence Agency’s payroll to the tune of $10 million a year in exchange for voluntarily handing over troves of phone...
View ArticleWrite wrongs! Over 500 world-famous authors sign anti-surveillance petition
More than 500 renowned authors – including five Nobel laureates – from across the globe have signed a petition demanding an end to ‘mass surveillance’. It follows the revelations over the last few...
View ArticleEyes everywhere: NSA’s second tier spying partners identified
Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and several other EU countries were named among “third party partners” in the NSA-led global signal intelligence program, a new leak submitted by journalist Glenn...
View ArticlePutin says he will pardon jailed oil tycoon Khodorkovsky shortly
Vladimir Putin will sign a pardon for jailed ex-Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky “in the nearest time,” the Russian president announced following a large media conference in Moscow. “He has spent over...
View Article‘A night of a thousand vaginas!’ fights Texas abortion restrictions
Hollywood is no stranger to fundraising, but this time some of the country’s biggest comedians are putting on a show in support of Texas women who are facing down the state’s new abortion restrictions....
View ArticleCalifornia aquifers contaminated with billions of gallons of fracking wastewater
Industry illegally injected about 3 billion gallons of fracking wastewater into central California drinking-water and farm-irrigation aquifers, the state found after the US Environmental Protection...
View ArticleRichest 1% own 50 percent of world wealth- Credit Suisse report
World wealth has reached a record $263 trillion but is concentrated in fewer hands. The richest 1 percent have accumulated more wealth, and own almost 50 percent of it, which could trigger recession,...
View ArticleItalian nurse arrested over killing 38 patients who irritated her
Italian police have arrested a nurse suspected of killing at least 38 of her patients because they, or their relatives, were irritating her. The officials also found a selfie, with the nurse giving a...
View ArticleAmerica’s Afghan war bill: $1 trillion and rising!
The Afghanistan war has cost the United States around $1 trillion and will consume billions dollars more in the future, after the 13-year war ends later this month, according to the Financial Times and...
View ArticleSham cancer charities bilked donors for $187 mil, spent money on luxury
Government regulators have cracked down on four cancer charities, accusing the Cancer Fund of America, Cancer Support Services, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America, and the Breast Cancer Society of...
View ArticleNew York telemarketers keep more than half money raised for charity
For-profit telemarketing companies based in New York retained 52 percent of the funds they raised on behalf of charities in 2013, according to a new report released by the state’s attorney general. Of...
View ArticleFIFA Scandal; Blatter resigns!
That is a football hammer! Sepp Blatter (79) throws the towel and resigns as president of FIFA! Now ‘Sun King’ Blatter has taken the consequences. After 17 years at the head of the world football’s...
View Article50 US hospitals overcharge uninsured by 1000% – study
Fifty US hospitals charged uninsured patients an average of ten times more than they should have to provide medical care in 2012, a new study found. This equates to a patient who’s treatment should...
View ArticleIran nuclear talks venues hit by $10mn ‘state-sponsored’ virus – Kaspersky to RT
The venues of Iranian nuclear talks were targeted by sophisticated spyware, which costs “at least $10 million” and was likely “state-sponsored,” the CEO Kaspersky Lab exclusively told RT. He said his...
View ArticleDeadly US heroin epidemic driven by whites, women and the rich – CDC survey
A new survey has found that US heroin addiction more than doubled over the space of 10 years among white people and women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overdose levels...
View ArticleCincinnati police officer charged with murder of unarmed man
Dubose had a lengthy criminal record, including over 75 traffic and drug charges in Hamilton County, the Guardian reported. However, his family said he was not a violent man, but rather the father of...
View ArticleCecil internet rage forces dentist lion killer to hide & close clinic
The Minnesota dentist accused of killing a beloved Zimbabwean lion has gone into hiding after a social media storm that included death threats. In a statement to the press, he claimed the hunt was...
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