There is a high level of public support for abandoning the monarchy in some of the nations of the Commonwealth. Along with Britain’s anti-monarchy campaign group Republic that campaigns for a democratic country consisting of an elected head of state, there seems to be a high level of public support for abandoning the monarchy in some of the nations of the Commonwealth. In 16 of the total of 54 Commonwealth... 

Beluga white whale, NOC American scientists have identified a male beluga whale capable of making human-like sounds and spontaneously mimicking human conversations. According to a paper published online in Current Biology, researchers heard a nine-year-old whale named NOC emitting sounds octaves below normal ones. The discovery occurred when a diver at the National Marine Mammal Foundation in California... 

We were recently given the news that over 30 retail shops close every day – suggesting that the demise of the High Street is gaining momentum. Many reasons are put forward for this demise but the reason we see so many empty shops is really very simple – and the reason incidentally, I got out of retailing many years ago. That reason being Value Added Tax. VAT is an accountant’s tax and as such,... 

New space debris could threaten the International Space Station and other space missions after Russian rocket ‘Briz-M’ recently exploded into some 500 fragments, most of which are now floating in low Earth orbit. ­The rocket was previously floating inert in space after it failed on a mission to deliver two satellites to its intended orbits in a botched August launch. The rocket engine stalled... 

Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter (L) and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, met in Moscow on October 25, 2012. Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter says his country does not support any unilateral sanctions imposed against Iran over its nuclear energy program. Burkhalter told reporters after a Thursday meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in... 

It has been brought to our attention by Michael Treis that a call for UN Troops to guard polling places or election headquarters by the current administration. Any persons wearing UN insignia of any form within 100 feet of any polling place or election headquarters are to be placed under citizen arrest & turned over to the local sheriff. Any resistance to such arrests or UN Troops upon US streets... 

People wait in line at a government employment office in the center of Madrid on September 4, 2012. Official data show that Spanish unemployment rate has exceeded 25 percent in the third quarter of 2012 as the country continues to grapple with economic woes. New figures released by Spain’s National Statistics Institute on Friday showed that the country’s unemployment rate climbed to 25.02 percent... 

American CEOs call the Congress to ‘stabilize the debt’ Chief executives of more than 80 major US corporations, including Aetna, Goldman Sachs, Macy’s and Boeing are joining forces to pressure Congress to bring down the federal deficit by raising taxes and cutting spending. ­The CEOs call on the policymakers to prepare a fiscal plan that would “stabilize the debt as a share of the... 

Lieutenant General Mark Phillip Hertling The commanding general of the US Army Europe (USAREUR) says the Pentagon has recently sent a number of American soldiers to Turkey in a bid to assist Ankara in handling the spillover of the Syrian crisis. “We have had a relatively few number of US Army Europe personnel in Turkey recently,” Turkey’s Hurriyet newspaper quoted Lieutenant General Mark... 

Opposite phenomena were detected by satellites of the U.S. space agency. The study was the first to calculate the total thickness of sea ice in the Southern Ocean from space. NASA indicates that between 1978 and 2010, the extent of the Antarctic grew by 17 square kilometers each year but this growth rate is not as great as the decline in the Arctic. The satellites of the U.S. space agency showed two... 

An ominous report prepared by the Hydrometeorological Centre of Russia (HCR) on the “Frankenstorm” (aka Hurricane Sandy) barreling towards the Northeastern United States warns that this superstorms origins lie in the near complete collapse of the Deep Southerly Return Flow (DSRF) of the Gulf Stream this past week due to the unprecedented melting of the Greenland Icecap. The Gulf Stream, together... 

A handful of international election monitors have touched down in the US to swing by polling places next month when voters cast ballots for the president, but officials in the state of Texas have issued them a warning: you’re not welcome. State Attorney General Greg Abbott has sent a scathing letter to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, threatening to arrest any of the election... 

Workers in Argentina have staged a massive protest to voice their anger at the new labor risk legislation which they say protects only the insurance companies, Press TV reports. The demonstrators gathered outside the National Congress in the capital city, Buenos Aires, to protest a bill submitted by President Cristina Fernandez last week which the workers say seeks to defend profits of Labor Risk... 

First of all we were told, British workers are “among the worst idlers” now it’s suggested when you retire, you could do voluntary work to qualify for a full state pension! Members may remember some months ago, we were told that British workers are “among the worst idlers in the world” according to a report called Britannia Unchained. Tory MP’s Priti Patel, Chris Skidmore, Kwasi Kwarteng,... 

Amid conflicting reports that the Libyan city of Bani Walid was captured by army forces, RT has learned that 600 people were allegedly killed in Wednesday’s fighting, and over 1,000 have been hospitalized. Locals are appealing for international aid. Libyan officials claimed that government forces conducted a 20-day siege before capturing Bani Walid, the last stronghold for supporters of the Gaddafi...