Floods across UK show no signs of letting up

Published on 12 Feb 2014 | Flooded homes along England's River Thames are being evacuated as water levels are expected to keep rising in the next few days. With some homes and businesses under water for more than a month, its expected to take months for groundwater to seep away and flood levels to fall. Al Jazeera's Simon McGregor-Wood reports from London.

Climate Financing ?

UN head says world is in a race against time.

Published on 5 Dec 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish : Ban Ki-Moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations has stated that the world is in a race against time against climate change. The COP18 UN Summit in Doha will conclude on Friday, giving the delegates two more days to agree on targets for cutting carbon emissions. The UN says climate change will cost developing countries up to $67 billion each year by 2030. Tarek Bazley reports from Doha, Qatar.

America today :

President Obama Says US Not a Nation in Decline

Intoxication Nation:



Drop Out Nation:

Democratic Deficit

Hate Activities & Hate Crimes

Free speech?

Medical Fraud?

Industrial Practice?

Expenditures?


Perpetuating a slavery system?

The Rotten Side of Apple

SEGMENT SYNOPSIS:

Abby reveals the ugly side of Apple, sweat-shop labor, and the surveillance capabilities of the iPhone5.

ABOUT BRAINWASH UPDATE:

Pundits on the mainstream media toe sensationalism to garner ratings. On this segment Abby Martin exposes the rhetoric and calls out the propaganda peddlers.

ABOUT BREAKING THE SET:

A brand new show on the RT Network hosted by Abby Martin. There are way too many rules set in society that prop up the establishment -- an establishment that works to divide and conquer the people. 'Breaking the Set' seeks to smash through the Left/Right Paradigm set in the media and political establishment to find the middle ground: the truth. It is a show that cuts through that pre-established narrative which tells the people what to think and what to care about.

Published on Sep 25, 2012 by breakingtheset : Abby Martin reveals t he rotten side of Apple, with the release of the iPhone 5

Rising corn costs are a high price to pay

Published on Sep 9, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish : America's corn harvest may be under way, but a summer drought has withered away much of the nation's expected yield.As a result, the price of corn is up as much as 40 per cent over last year.That's a problem because corn is a key ingredient in almost everything, from ketchup to coca-cola.

America's deadly leftovers?

Female bomb clearance teams created in Laos

Published on Sep 2, 2012 by AlJazeeraEnglish : During the Vietnam War, the US dropped millions of cluster bombs on Laos.Forty years on, an estimated 80 million remain buried and unexploded - posing a risk to anyone who goes near them.

Now, 50 women have joined teams of the Mine Action Group, MAG, to clear as many as they can.The decision to have three of its 14 teams led entirely by women is also a financial one, as the work helps elevate the women's position in society.

Illuminating Donald Trump - Trump vs. the 99%

Published on Aug 9, 2012 by OccupyWallStNYC : The Illuminator - Occupy's Bat Signal - comes to Trump Tower to project the truth about Donald Trump's efforts to bulldoze the 99% and a Scottish environmental legacy to build a golf course for elite jet-setters.

How the Elite Rule and their Goals

Uploaded by 108morris108 on Mar 15, 2012 - We are given the spin of wars for the resources, but in reality the goals are far more sociological.

Lynas : share down & shareholders demand that chairman steps down.

Philip Wen | September 23, 2011 - the age 

 A VOCAL group of retail shareholders in rare-earths miner Lynas is seeking to remove mining entrepreneur Nick Curtis (pic) as chairman, citing concerns over ''risks to corporate governance''. Mr Curtis, who is also the chief executive of Lynas, had attempted to sell a lucrative rare-earth deposit to a related company, Forge Resources, earlier this year. 


Despite excluding himself from the sale process for conflict-of-interest reasons, the plan was abandoned on feedback from the company's major institutional shareholders. The transaction - which would have delivered Mr Curtis a lucrative parcel of shares, boosting his stake in Forge to close to 40 per cent - also drew the ire of the small group of retail shareholders. 


Having formed the Lynas Shareholders Association, they are now calling for support from more shareholders to put forward a resolution to replace Mr Curtis with an independent chairman at the company's annual meeting next month. The group must have the support of 5 per cent of voting power or 100 shareholders to have its resolutions put forward at the meeting. 


Corporate governance guidelines outlined by the Australian Securities Exchange recommend that ''the role of chair and chief should not be exercised by the same individual''. Lynas declined to comment yesterday, but did announce the appointment of Kathleen Conlon to the board as an independent non-executive director. 


Former Telstra chief executive Ziggy Switkowski was also appointed to the board this year. Lynas is expected to report a full-year loss before tax of $57 million today as it ramps up towards production. 


Shares in Lynas closed 17.5¢, or 14 per cent, lower at $1.105 - more than 60 per cent off its April high of $2.70.

Inequality could cause American Spring.

Uploaded by RTAmerica on Sep 19, 2011 - While Obama is trying to find ways to fix the US economy, there is a growing gap between the haves and have-nots. Hundreds of Americans turned up recently in New York to protest Wall Street greed. Some predict that this could be the beginning America's own Arab Spring. David Degraw, author and journalist, shares his own opinion with RT's Kristine Frazao.

Armageddon Ready: Russian solar probe to predict Earthly cataclysms.

Uploaded by RussiaToday on Jul 31, 2011 - Some scientists believe bursts of solar activity cause natural disasters on our planet, but until now the star has been too difficult to reach or explore in any detail. Some Russian researchers think they have the solution. ­Volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis -- apocalyptic pictures are becoming an ordinary part of news bulletins across the globe. And scientists are not giving out reassuring forecasts. "Unfortunately, we're expecting more severe cataclysms which may lead to large-scale human losses and destruction," says Baku-based Professor Elchin Kakhalilov of the Global Network for the Forecasting of Earthquakes. "I'm talking about even a possible shift of the centers of our entire civilization." The change in the Earth's seismic activity coincides with the rise of activity on the sun. Scientists have been witnessing gigantic bursts of plasma on its surface and say they are affecting our planet, even though it is over 90 million miles away.

German & Nuclear Energy.

30 May 2011 :: German the first Industrial nation to announce ; phasing out totally Nuclear Energy by 2022. 

Thousands of Greeks Say No to Austerity.

TheRealNews on 15 Jun 2011 - Michael Spourdalakis: Greek debt caused by tax evasion and lack of investment in real economy.

VICES in SPORTS.

Apr 25, 2011 - The recent Common Wealth Games Scandal. Where are the major sporting events taking us to?

Japanese scientist creates radiation-absorbing powder

Japanese scientist creates radiation-absorbing powder

A Japanese university professor claims he has invented a radiation-absorbing powder which he believes will be useful at the disaster-hit Fukushima power plant.

­Tomihisa Ohta’s anti-radiation powder consists of a mixture of minerals including zeolite, which is said to capture radiation in water and absorb the isotopes of cesium, iodine and strontium.

The scientist said that experiments he has held with colleagues from Kumaken Kougyou Co, a chemistry company, showed that 1.5 grams dissolved in ten milligrams of water almost fully absorbs particles of caesium. The concentrate can also reportedly isolate radioactive particles of iodine and strontium from the water. Professor Ota believes that the discovery may be required at Fukushima-1 "to clear 67,000 tons of highly radioactive water accumulated in the station’s bottom rooms and tunnels.”

RT |  Published: 19 April, 2011,- read full report.

Nuclear Emergency: All eyes on Fukushima

RussiaToday on Mar 12, 2011 - RT gets some expert opinion on the situation in Japan from Christopher Simons, an Associate Professor at the International Christian University in Tokyo.

China's dirty secrets

AlJazeeraEnglish 101East | February 04, 2011 - China's juggernaut economy is the envy of the world, but at what cost to the country's people and environment? 101 East investigates.

Cancun climate summit.

AlJazeeraEnglish | December 11, 2010 - World leaders make another effort to tackle climate change - but with competing interests, can they reach a deal?

Empty Words: US human rights

62 years ago, the United Nations adopted its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, making today, International Human Rights Day. America's first lady at the time, Eleanor Roosevelt helped inspire the 1948 agreement. A global pledge critics say the US is failing to follow.

RussiaToday | December 11, 2010 - Events across America to mark Human Rights Day were designed to underline the country's perception of itself, as a leading light on protecting freedom. But some of the country's activists are not convinced. And recent UN criticism is leaving Washington battling to restore its reputation on rights. Marina Portnaya reports.

Cancun Change Climate summit begins

in Mexico | VOAvideo | November 30, 2010 - The United Nations Climate Change Conference got underway in the Mexican beach resort of Cancun Monday with calls for decisive action to curb greenhouse gas emissions worldwide as part of an effort to curb global warming. But, as VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Cancun, participants are looking for advances on a handful of issues rather than an overall agreement that would legally bind nations to reduce emissions.