Warning: extreme weather ahead (John Vidal)

Tornados, wildfires, droughts and floods were once seen as freak conditions. But the environmental disasters now striking the world are shocking signs of 'global weirding' A tornado makes its way acr ...

Explosion in jellyfish numbers may lead to ecological disaster (Tracy McVeigh)

A dramatic global increase in jellyfish swarms could damage the marine food chain June 12, 2011 (The Observer) -- Global warming has long been blamed for the huge rise in the world's jellyfish popula ...

IMF Computer System Said to Be Targeted by Foreign Government Cyber-Attack (Michael Riley and Sandrine Rastello)

June 13, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- The data theft from International Monetary Fund computers by hackers said to be linked to a foreign government follows incidents against companies and governments that il ...

'Perfect Storm' May Threaten Global Economy: Roubini (Shamim Adam)

June 12, 2011 (Bloomberg) -- A “perfect storm” of fiscal woe in the United States, a slowdown in China, European debt restructuring and stagnation in Japan may converge on the global economy, New Yor ...

German Rating Agency Feri Downgrades US Government Bonds: AAA to AA

June 11, 2011 (World News Trust) -- The German credit rating agency Feri lowered its rating on U.S. sovereign debt from AAA to AA. It is the first Western rating agency to downgrade U.S. debt. "Feri ...

Rat-eating plant discovered in Philippines (Chris Irvine)

Rat-eating plant: The team of botanists, led by British experts Stewart McPherson and Alastair Robinson, found the plant on Mount Victoria in the Philippines June 7, 2011 (Telegraph) -- A carnivorous ...

This crisis has an exit (Ellen Brown)

June 7, 2011 (Asia Times) -- Countries everywhere are facing debt crises today, precipitated by the credit collapse of 2008. Public services are being slashed and public assets are being sold off, in ...

How the Empire will Prevail: Will Washington Foment War Between China and India? (Dr. Paul Craig Roberts)

June 6, 2011, (Information Clearing House) -- What is Washington’s solution for the rising power of China? The answer might be to involve China in a nuclear war with India. The staging of the fake de ...

War Is A Racket (Major General Smedley Butler, USMC)

Major General Smedley Butler, USMC June 6, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Smedley Butler joined the Marine Corps when the Spanish American War broke out, earned the Brevette Medal during the Bo ...

Replacing Economic Democracy with Financial Oligarchy (Michael Hudson)

June 3, 2011 (Information Clearing House) -- Soon after the Socialist Party won Greece’s national elections in autumn 2009, it became apparent that the government’s finances were in a shambles. In Ma ...

VIDEO: War & Revolutions: Europe and the Arab World (Empire)

May 23, 2011 (Empire) -- Empire travels across the continent's centres of power to examine European hypocrisy. efpkLal92Gs