Recently there have been more strident calls for Turkey to join the European Union from the Americans, Cameron, the Swedes and others. However Germany and France are opposed to this because they have large Muslim populations and have seen the results. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy stated in January 2007 that “enlarging Europe with no limit risks destroying European political union,... 

New York City’s literacy rates are on the decline: nearly 80 percent of high school graduates lack basic skills like reading, writing and math and are required to relearn them before qualifying for community college. During his most recent State of the City address, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hyped about the large investment the city has made on education – a multi-billion dollar investment... 

People wait outside an unemployment bureau in the Greek capital, Athens. Official figures show that the unemployment rate in Greece rose above 26 percent in December 2012, as the country embarks on its sixth year of recession. The Greek statistics office ELSTAT announced on Thursday that the unemployment rate hit 26.4 percent in December, which is five percent more than the data registered in 2011. The... 

A grim Ministry of Defense (MOD) “URGENT ACTION” bulletin to all Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) is warning these nuclear units to prepare for “Dead Hand” operations over growing fears that at least 5 atomic-bomb equipped North Korean submarines have “successfully evaded” US Naval Forces and are preparing to strike targets in South Korea, Japan and North America. According to this MOD bulletin,... 

Chavez’ political heir has revealed that the Venezuelan leader is to be embalmed and preserved just like Lenin, and laid out in the ‘Mountain Barracks’ where he devised a failed coup. The venue will be turned into a Museum of the Revolution. “We have decided to prepare the body of our Comandante President, to embalm it so that it remains open for all time for the people. Just like Ho Chi Minh.... 

Tight squeeze: A Tokyo local shows a Japanese news crew around her tiny ‘coffin apartment’ In one of the most densely populated Asian cities, Tokyo, real estate prices are so undemocratic that a part of the population of the city is forced to live in most bizarre and unusual “apartments.” So-called Internet refugees permanently live in the booths and cubicles of Internet cafe.... 

Pyongyang announced Friday that it is nullifying non-aggression pacts with South Korea and cutting the hotline with its neighbor. It comes after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution expanding sanctions against North Korea. North Korea “abrogates all agreements on non-aggression reached between the North and the South,” the state-run Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea... 

The number of people living in homeless shelters in New York City has hit a record high. The number of people living in homeless shelters in New York City has hit a record high, marking a 19-percent jump compared to 2012, a report says. The Coalition for the Homeless released its 2013 State of the Homeless report on Tuesday, revealing that an average of 50,135 New Yorkers have been sleeping in emergency... 

New York is facing a deadly meningitis outbreak that is targeting gay men, many of which are HIV-positive. The city’s health department said several gay men have been found dead in their homes, and is urging people to immediately get vaccinated. “Since August 2010, we’ve detected 12 cases of this very specific strain but what we’re most concerned about is that in the past four weeks there... 

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been sentenced to one year in prison over the publication of leaked transcripts from a police wiretap in 2005. The 76-year-old billionaire was accused of violating secrecy laws in 2005, when the daily Il Giornale, which is run by his brother, published the transcripts in an apparent attempt to discredit... 

Every few weeks now there is a new discovery that gives us a glimpse into what the future of energy could look like if governments and oil cartels would just get out of the way and let human beings create. In the past few months we have seen battery chargers that harvest electricity from thin air, converting waste heat to energy, and a group of children in Africa win an international invention fair... 

Several international journalists, including an RT cameraman, have suffered from teargas as IDF have launched teargas bombs at the media crews outside Ofer Prison, West Bank. In recent weeks protests outside the facility have left scores of injured. The RT crew, together with other international teams were documenting nonviolent protests near Ofer prison, which has been the site of numerous clashes... 

File photo shows a North Korean soldier saluting in front of the Unha-3 rocket at Sohae Satellite Station. North Korea has vowed to launch a ‘preemptive’ nuclear strike against the US to defend itself in the event that Washington ignites a nuclear war. “Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters... 

Prime Minister Vlad Filat. Moldova’s pro-European government has received a vote of no-confidence spurred on by rivalries within the three-party Alliance, leading to the collapse of the government. The ruling Alliance for European Integration fell on Tuesday after receiving a vote of no confidence, jeopardizing hopes of integration into the European Union as the country seemed to move closer towards... 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaks during a press conference in Caracas on October 9, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, Vice President Nicolas Maduro has announced. Maduro, flanked by political and military leaders, made the announcement on Tuesday evening on national television. “We have just received the most tragic and awful information....