Home » Archives » World (Page 849)
Syria dissidents ask Obama to demand Assad resign
Syrian dissidents on Tuesday urged US President Barack Obama to call on Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad to quit power and pressed for UN sanctions over the regime’s deadly crackdown on protests. The demands — presented in a first meeting between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and members of Syria’s…
European wind power output tipped to triple by 2020: report
Energy producers expect European wind power generation to triple by 2020, with tens of thousands of new, ever-bigger wind turbines springing up, an industry body said Tuesday. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), which groups energy giants with wind interests and also many involved in nuclear or gas-fired electricity generation,…
UN, U.S. targets of major cyber spying campaign: report
Over 70 organizations including the United Nations and major US defense groups have been targets of a global cyber spying effort, according to security firm McAfee, with analysts pointing to China as the culprit, the Washington Post said Wednesday. Targets for the intrusions — identified from logs tracked to a…
Israeli scientists develop date-rape drug detector
The days of having to cart your cocktail to the ladies room may be over: two Israeli scientists say they have developed a sensor that can accurately detect date-rape drugs in drinks 100 percent of the time. Professor Fernando Patolsky and Doctor Michael Ioffe of Tel Aviv University’s school of…
Italy approves draft law banning burqas
ROME — An Italian parliamentary commission approved a draft law on Tuesday which would ban women from wearing the veils that cover their faces in public, if passed by parliament in September. The draft law would forbid women from wearing a burqa or naqib, but also prohibit anyone from covering…
Israel protesters draft list of demands
JERUSALEM — Representatives of an Israeli social protest movement that has swept the country and rattled the government were meeting at Tel Aviv University Tuesday to draft a joint list of demands, activists said. “I’m sure that we shall be able to reach agreement and formulate a joint document,” protester…
Norwegian stores withdraw violent video games after attacks
OSLO — Two video games used by far-right extremist Anders Behring Breivik in planning his July 22 killing spree have been withdrawn from a number of stores across Norway, one co-op chain said Tuesday. Coop Norge, one of the country’s major grocery store chains and its main co-op, said it…
One dead, six hurt in Philippines blast: police
A suspected motorcycle bomb killed one person and wounded six others in a huge blast at a drugstore in the southern Philippines on Tuesday, police said. Local amateur photographer, Gemana Ali, 53, was killed in the explosion, Superintendent Roberto Badian, the police chief of the southern city of Cotabato said.…
Aid groups warn famine may engulf southern Somalia
The harsh drought ravaging the Horn of Africa is likely to worsen and could trigger famine in more regions of Somalia, aid groups warned Tuesday as they struggle to help the millions already affected. The United Nations last month declared famine in the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions in the…
Vietnam court rejects top dissident’s appeal
A Vietnamese court upheld a prominent dissident’s seven-year jail sentence on Tuesday after he accused the communist country’s prime minister of orchestrating his arrest in an act of revenge. The court rejected the appeal of Cu Huy Ha Vu, 53, after a day-long hearing. Vu, the son of a revolutionary…
Brand new on Raw Story
- At the movies, violence is the new sex
- Pakistan remains opposed to drones after Obama speech
- Washington state bridge collapse plunges cars and people into river
- Germany must spread cost of energy shift fairly: IEA
- N. Korean envoy stresses dialogue in China talks
- Tokyo denies ‘ghosts’ keeping PM out of residence
- EU to ban three harmful bee pesticides from December
- Jon Stewart rips Obama for aggressive investigation of whistle-blowers instead of bankers
- WATCH LIVE: Rescue operation begins as Washington state bridge collapses
- Senate unanimously approves Sri Srinivasan as first India-born senior judge
Commentary
The real problem with 'check your privilege': It’s too generous
By Amanda Marcotte
The reality is Americans aren’t that concerned about drones
By Harry Enten, The Guardian
Tone policing only goes one way
By Amanda Marcotte
Raw Exclusives
Featured Video
Follow Us!
