Despite a recent clamor within Washington policy circles and troublesome commentary in the U.S. media regarding further military intervention in Syria’s unrest, a new survey of U.S. opinion shows little appetite for another war of choice in a region far from home. The poll, conducted by CBS News and the New York Times, shows 62 percent of Americans believe “the U.S. does not have a responsibility... 

A grim report prepared for President Putin by Health Minister Dr. Veronika Skvortsova on the growing pandemic in China is now warning that a “global mass death event” is currently underway as the spread of the H7N9 avian flu virus continues to grow and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. Important to note, and as we had reported on in our 19 March report “China Genetic Test Causes Mass... 

An office of the French state-run employment agency, Pole Emploi, in the northern Paris suburb of Pantin. The French Labor Ministry says the number of unemployed people in France increased by 36,900 in March, reaching 3.224 million for the first time since 1997. The French ministry said on Thursday that the number of registered jobseekers in the eurozone’s second-largest economy surged by 1.2... 

Nearly 20 cases of deadly blazes at medical facilities have been registered in Russia over the past seven years. At least 38 people, including two medical workers, have been killed in a fire that broke out at a psychiatric hospital in Russia, authorities say. The deadly blaze erupted around 2:30 a.m. local time (2230 GMT) on Friday in Psychiatric Hospital 14 in Ramensky on the outskirts of the Russian... 

The harsh spending cuts by the EU governments have triggered massive protests in many European countries. The file photo shows anti-austerity protesters marching towards the Greek parliament in Athens. New data show that public confidence in the European Union has dropped to record low levels in six biggest EU countries amid high unemployment rates and a deepening recession in Europe. According to... 

People wait in line at a government employment office in Madrid, Spain. Official data show that the unemployment rate in Spain climbed to a new record of 27.16 percent of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013. According to new figures released by Spain’s National Statistics Institute on Thursday, the total number of unemployed people in the country has passed the six million mark, reaching to... 

Swedes stand waiting at a job fair in the northern city of Arjeplog. The Swedish national statistics office has reported that the country’s unemployment rate increased to an unadjusted 8.8 percent, mostly caused by a reckless immigration program. A 2011 Statistics Sweden (SCB) report showed that around 1.858.000 (19.6%) inhabitants of Sweden had foreign background. Statistics Sweden (SCB) published... 

Some words have a magical property – we know exactly what we are talking about when we hear them. This is especially true of national cuisines, be it borsch or soup, pizza or sushi, kebabs or lard. Nearly all of these items are considered a symbol of national cuisine, although this is not entirely true. What dish instead of pizza should be rightly regarded as Italian? Pizza is not part of a... 

A leaked study examining genetically-modified corn reveals that the lab-made alternative to organic crops contains a startling level of toxic chemicals. An anti-GMO website has posted the results of an education-based consulting company’s comparison of corn types, and the results reveal that genetically modified foods may be more hazardous than once thought. The study, the 2012 Corn Comparison Report... 

British researchers have demonstrated that those people who consume higher potassium in their diets and cut down salt are in lower risk of stroke. The study indicates that a lower salt intake and potassium rich diet can combat high blood pressure and consequently the risk of stroke, according to the paper published in the British Medical Journal. Two separate studies showed that increased level of... 

Media critic and social analyst Mark Dice shows how people are literally in a trance as he gets people to sign a petition banning their birthrights. The public’s zombie-like mental state is what will allow Obama to get his gun ban through. In the video below, Mark shows how ill-informed people really are as they comment on a news story about Russia nuking China (which never really happened). Recently,... 

A homeless man in Athens Homeless people in Greece have staged a silent march, calling on the government to provide them with healthcare and improved social services. The protestors took to the streets of central Athens on Friday, urging the authorities to provide basic medical and sanitation facilities. The demonstrators were carrying placards reading, “We have no slogans. We have demands.” The... 

Corporations ‘are making too much money off of this stage of evolution, the capitalism, to stop and get off us to the next level’, the American rapper Immortal Technique said in an interview with RT. The musician says the only thing that people are separated by is language and the inability to understand, that humanity has no other choice but to shift to a new economic idea doing away with devastating... 

A Dutch food watchdog has recalled around 50,000 tons of meat Dutch authorities say that some 50,000 tons of meat sold as beef by two Dutch wholesalers across Europe may contain horsemeat. The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA) said in a statement on Wednesday that the meat sold by Wiljo Import-Export and Willy Selten Meat Wholesalers is being recalled because its exact source... 

The 11 largest drug companies have made $711 billion in profits in just a decade, largely due to overcharging Medicare, which does not seek out competitive prices and uses taxpayer funds to support Big Pharma. Since Medicare is prohibited from purchasing drugs based on their cost, its prescription drug program has been making large payouts to drug companies that have overcharged the program for years,...