Challenging Monsanto: 200,000 in 40 countries to rally against GMO

Activists around the world are gearing up for a weekend of rallies to protest Monsanto, the biotechnology giant accused of genetically engineering agriculture and food while turning a blind eye to their potentially deadly health ramifications.

May 24, 2013 03:04

Blame game: MI5 faces probe over Woolwich killing

UK security services will be investigated after it was found that MI5 knew of both suspects in the Woolwich murder for eight years. Accusations of blame have been rife following the killing, with many blaming UK foreign policy as the root of the tragedy.

May 24, 2013 04:53

Bloomberg accused of threatening to 'destroy' New York's taxi industry

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has found himself at the center of unwanted media attention after allegedly unleashing a profanity-laced tirade against the CEO of a large taxi fleet company over his opposition to the city’s “Taxi of Tomorrow” plan.

May 24, 2013 02:20

'Illusion of progress': Obama speech offers little insight on closing Guantanamo

US President Barack Obama reiterated the same “empty promises” to close Guantanamo Bay prison camp during his speech Thursday, according to attorney David Remes. Remes, who represents 17 Gitmo detainees, told RT the speech gave Americans little insight.

May 24, 2013 00:11

Don’t frack with our beer: German brewers warn Merkel against gas ventures

German beer makers have warned the chancellor Angela Merkel that the controversial method of drilling for natural gas known as fracking could damage Germany’s legendry beer industry by contaminating the purity of the water.

May 23, 2013 19:36

‘Woolwich-style attacks to become one of the main ways people protest’

There is similarity between the Boston bombings and the Woolwich attack in its lone-wolf style,Annie Machon,former MI5 agent told RT,adding that the attacks are an ‘angry voice of the peoples mutualized by the interventionist policies of the US and UK’.

May 23, 2013 17:22