Tear gas, Molotov cocktails deployed during general strike in Greece (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Tear gas and Molotov cocktails have been deployed during a demonstration in Syntagma Square, Athens, where a general strike is taking place.Around 50,000 Greeks marched on parliament in Central Athens on Thursday. Groups of youths then broke away from the crowd and began hurling stones and petrol bombs at police. Officers...
Zika virus is the price we pay for globalization
There is nothing truly unusual about Zika virus, the latest in a long line of microbes to expand their territory and threaten our world. Suspected of causing microcephaly in newborns, that terrifying possibility is why the World Health Organization declared an otherwise fairly benign virus a health emergency. HIV was the...
Poland steps up police patrols on border as Germany overflows with refugees
Polish towns located near the German border are strengthening security in an attempt to stop asylum seekers coming from the west. Refugees granted permission to stay in Germany can cross the border unrestricted thanks to the Schengen free travel zone. Refugees are attracted to Poland due to a number of factors, including...
Future forestry: 3D space technology aims to cut down on logging
This otherworldly neon forest may look like a hiking trip bolstered with hallucinogens, but it’s actually how a new 3D laser scanning system sees a forest. Developed by an Irish firm in partnership with the European Space Agency, the project uses laser technology to tackle careless deforestation. Scanning forests allows...
2,900 patients at risk of HIV, hepatitis after surgery in Colorado hospital
Colorado-based Swedish Medical Center asked around 2,900 patients to undergo “free and confidential” tests for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C after revealing a former surgical technician allegedly replaced a syringe needle with an infected one. Rocky Allen, 28, the surgical technologist who worked in operating...
80 million degrees: German fusion reactor fires up hydrogen mimicking sun conditions
The inauguration of the world’s biggest stellarator, a type of nuclear fusion reactor, took place at Marx Planck Institute in Germany as the Wendelstein 7-X heated hydrogen gas to 80 million degrees for a quarter of a second. The ceremony was attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who pressed the button to launch...
Drone ‘destroys Boko Haram base’ in Nigeria (VIDEO)
Nigeria’s air force has released dramatic aerial footage showing a drone targeting and destroying a reported Boko Haram base near Sambisa Forest in the northeast of the country. It’s unclear how many casualties the attack caused, though the military claims there were fatalities and equipment was destroyed, The...
Number of Islamist radicals in France doubles in 2015 rising to over 8,000 – report
The number of Islamic radicals in France doubled last year reaching 8,250 people, according to figures leaked to local media. The main hotspots of radicalization are big cities including Paris and Lyon. Around 70 percent of the suspected radicals were male and 80 percent of the cases were characterized as “serious,”...
TPP formally signed in New Zealand as mass protest paralyzes Auckland (VIDEO)
A group of around 1,000 activists protesting against the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) have blocked roads in Auckland, as the participant states’ delegations gathered in New Zealand to formally sign the controversial free trade agreement. The TPP agreement, hailed as the “biggest trade deal in a generation,”...
Syrian Army ends 3-year siege of 2 Shiite towns in Aleppo – reports
Syrian Amy units have broken a siege imposed by terrorist organizations in the towns of Nubbul and al-Zahraa, local media report."The Syrian army and its allies have totally broken the siege on Nubul and Zahraa," a senior army official told Reuters. The siege is said to have lasted for 40 months. The Syrian troops...
Top of the world: Teenager shares heart-stopping photos on skyscrapers, pyramids (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
A Russian teen daredevil is making social media users jealous — and dizzy — with incredible photos of his elevated adventures. Adrenaline junkie Andrej Ciesilski, 18, is on a death-defying mission to scale new heights, climbing skyscrapers around the world and sharing awe-inspiring snaps from on high: The...
UK-EU deal: What the rest of Europe thinks
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has described the draft EU reform deal as "fair for the UK and fair for the other 27 member states", while British Prime Minister David Cameron says the UK could get "best of both worlds" if the right package is agreed. But what do the other EU countries...