As progress at the UN climate summit in Lima, Peru has been reported as “slow” by many observers so far, green campaigners on Friday called on world governments participating in the talks to end their continued dependence on outdated fossil fuel- and nuclear-powered energy systems and urged investment and policies geared toward building clean, sustainable,…
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German Researchers Discover Security Flaw That Puts Worldwide Network at Risk
German researchers have discovered a new flaw in the global network known as Signalling System 7 (SS7), which could allow hackers and spies to intercept communications on a massive scale, the Washington Post reports. Due to be presented at a hacker conference in Hamburg this month, the research finds that certain functions built into SS7…
Climate Deniers Employ Predatory Tactics in Fight Against Facts: Scientist
Like lions targeting lone zebras in the Serengeti grasslands, industry-backed climate change deniers prefer to target individual scientists rather than take on an entire scientific field at once, climatologist Michael Mann writes in a paper published this month in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. In “The Serengeti Strategy: How Special Interests Try to Intimidate…
Yemen: Shiite Rebels Announce Takeover of Country
Unrest continues in Yemen on Friday as Shiite Houthi rebels announced a “constitutional declaration” and that they were assuming control of the country. The group issued the statement in a televised address from the Sunni majority country’s capital of Sana’a. A 551-member Transitional National Council would be formed to replace the parliament, and that body…
Former Clinton spokesman: Virginia elections will begin resistance to Trump
A former spokesman for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonWhite House accuses Biden of pushing ‘conspiracy theories’ with Trump election claim Biden courts younger voters — who have been a weakness Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton qualifies to run for county commissioner in Florida MORE’s presidential campaign is arguing that Virginia will be “the first major electoral…
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Declaring Black Lives Matter, Protesters Stage Direct Action Blocking Boston Highway
Declaring solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, protesters shut down a major Boston interstate Thursday during the morning commute by locking themselves to barrels filled with cement in the direct path of traffic. The demonstrators, who described themselves in a press statement as an ad-hoc and diverse “non-Black group of Pan-Asians, Latinos, and white…
US Engaged in Massive Car Spying Program
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operates a massive secret government database that tracks the movement of motorists across the country, documents reveal. The documents, obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union through the Freedom of Information Act, cast further light on the scope of government surveillance and raise significant privacy concerns, the organization says. At…
Youth Unemployment, Income Inequality Keep Rising
The world’s youth unemployment rate may be “six or seven times” what the International Labor Organisation’s (ILO) latest figures state, according to a global youth advocacy group. The ILO recently released its 2015 World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report, and presented the findings to the United Nations Friday. One of the report’s major findings…
As Darren Wilson Walks Free, DOJ Reveals Blatant Racism at Ferguson Police Department
The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that it will not prosecute former Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of unarmed black teen Michael Brown. However, an internal probe by the federal agency also released Wednesday charged that the Ferguson Police Department (FPD) is itself guilty of racism as well as…