US army’s humanoid robot Petman by Boston Dynamics and funded by DARPA. An all-out drone war seems inevitable given the rapid rate at which battlefield technology is advancing in this day and age, but a United States Army commander expects an arsenal of robotic warriors could be but a few years away. Gen. Robert Cone, the chief of the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, said during a recent... 

Bolivian President Evo Morales says the South American country plans to launch its nuclear program for peaceful purposes. “This year, we are going to launch the Bolivian nuclear energy program for peaceful means,” Morales said in an address on Wednesday. “I want to tell you, we are not far…from having atomic energy, because we have sufficient prime material and we have the... 

Editor’s note: Now that security forces in Ukraine are allegedly shooting protestors, corporate media coverage in the United States will focus on the violence and calls for President Viktor Yanukovich to step aside. The situation in Ukraine, however, is not entirely as the corporate media would have us believe. Wayne Madsen provides a look at the effort by the United States to destabilize not only... 

More than 1,600 flights were cancelled and 500 more were delayed on Wednesday after a fierce winter storm swept through the northeastern US. While the snowfall was over on Wednesday, fierce winds and biting temperatures continued and millions of American commuters faced miserable conditions as the storm stretched from Kentucky to New England. Almost 3,500 flights were canceled on Tuesday, and thousands... 

Ukrainian opposition leaders have threatened to “go on the offensive”, if the president does not respond to the demands in the wake of Wednesday’s talks not yielding any results. Meanwhile, rioters remain in central Kiev, causing unrest and damage. “Tomorrow if the president does not respond … then we will go on the offensive,” said Vitaly Klitschko, one of the leaders, addressing... 

Pollutants from China’s manufacturing industry are traveling across the Pacific Ocean, contributing to smog in the United States, according to a new study. Chinese power plants and factories produce enough dirty emissions that pollutants can make it across the Pacific in around six days, exacerbating smog levels on the US West Coast, according to a scientific study published Monday in the Proceedings... 

The USS Mount Whitney supports maritime security operations with the Georgian coast guard in the Black Sea. The US military will have warships and aircraft available for evacuating American officials and athletes from the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in case of an attack. If necessary, the evacuation of Americans from the Olympics would be coordinated by the US State Department, the Pentagon said... 

Federal agency seeks 40-yard dumpsters for bio-medical waste disposal during emergency. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is looking for contractors to supply 40-yard size dumpsters along with experts who can dispose of contaminated bio-medical waste during a national emergency. The Request for Information (RFI) appears on the FedBizOpps website and asks for, “feedback from waste removal industry... 

A major chemical spill in West Virginia contaminated the water supply for 300,000 residents. Hospital admissions related to a major chemical spill in the US state of West Virginia have doubled over the last week despite recent declarations that residents could use tap water again. According to West Virginia’s Saturday Gazzette-Mail, a total of 411 patients had been treated at 10 hospitals as of Saturday... 

Opposition supporters during clashes with riot police outside Dynamo stadium in Kiev. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the violence currently consuming the Ukrainian capital Kiev was in “no small part” being organized from abroad, adding no EU country would accept such disorder within its own borders. “As it turns out, these agitators have not even considered the interests of the Ukrainian... 

It has long been believed that birds fly in a V formation, swapping over the leadership when the leader gets tired due to resistance, so as to gain lift from the aerodynamic motion of the wings of the bird in front. The theory has now been proved in a study published by Nature magazine The article “Bird flight: Fly with a little flap from your friends” written by Florian T. Mujires and... 

The United States is exerting pressure on the United Nations to withdraw its invitation of Iran to take part in this week international peace conference on the Syrian crisis. A senior US State Department official claimed on Monday that Tehran has “never endorsed the Geneva I communiqué” and “we expect the invitation will be rescinded.” Washington has urged the UN to withdraw Iran’s... 

A newly released document obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request confirms that the State Department ordered the Department of Homeland Security to spare members of the Muslim Brotherhood traveling to the US in 2012 a TSA pat down or any kind of secondary screening. The one page document (PDF), obtained by the Investigative Project on Terrorism, shows that members of a Muslim Brotherhood... 

A new ice age could be on its way to Europe and some other parts of the Earth following an alarming fall occurred in the performance power of the Sun, scientists have warned. While the number of gas explosions on the Sun’s surface should be at the peak of its 11-year cycle of activity, but the recent research has indicated an unexpected drop off, researchers say. The occurred phenomenon has... 

Two of the top lawmakers within the United States intelligence community say that Congress is now considering whether any officials in the Russian government have influenced the actions of US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. Snowden, 30, has been in the Moscow area since last June when he became stranded there during a layover from Hong Kong after US authorities revoked his American...