French Prime Minister Manuel Valls has described the French patriotic and Eurosceptic party’s triumph in the European Parliament elections “a shock” and “an earthquake”. Valls made the remark on Monday, a day after the EP elections were held in France. The French prime minister’s ruling Socialist party suffered a humiliating defeat by falling to the third place with 14 percent... 

The passengers and crew of Australian planes have been exposed to potentially toxic fumes on over 1,000 occasions, a report reveals. Former cabin crew are now taking legal action, alleging the exposure is linked to cancers and neurological disorders. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released a report on aircraft safety documenting over 1,000 cases of exposure to toxic fumes on Australian... 

Statement Issued at 3pm Greek time. 8am New York time. The Golden Dawn is urging all citizens to stand up for their civil rights and call it’s main office to report ballot tampering. Reports have already been pouring in with certain polling stations outright withholding Golden Dawn ballots. The website makeleio.gr reported: Panic from citizens who say they were not given all the ballots. “In... 

Pope Francis has arrived in the occupied West Bank at the start of a two-day tour to the occupied Palestinian territories amid protests by Israelis opposed to his visit. Upon arrival in the city of Bethlehem on Sunday, the 77-year-old spiritual leader held a meeting with acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas. During the meeting, Abbas blasted the Israeli regime for putting pressure on Christians... 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a report recently which details changes in food price indexes for the years 2012-2014. Astonishingly in the report, the U.S. is headed for a massive increase on certain foods in the coming months. For example in 2012 there was a 2.6% increase in for the cost of consumer foods as a whole, raising 1.4% more in 2013. However, with farmers and meat producers... 

The results of the local elections have been fascinating. It was reasonable to expect that Ukip would do well in the European Parliament ballot (which is yet to be counted), but the fact that so many people chose to vote for the party at council level, too, suggests that the revolt is about more than just our relationship with Brussels. It represents a cry of rage against politics-as-usual, a cry... 

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck 18km off Greece’s southern coast in the Aegean Sea, near Kamariotissa, at a depth of 10km. Some injuries and damages were reported as far as Jordan. Hundreds have fled their homes in neighboring Turkey. The under-sea quake caused an immediate injury in Greece, according to local police, as cited by the AP. Further injuries were reported by Greece’s neighbors... 

The entirety of the Danish homeland has been translated into bricks in the virtual world of Minecraft with a view to enhanced education. The model has been created by people from the Danish mapping arm of the government by putting about 4000 billion bricks together within the popular videogame. It takes up about 1TB (1000 GigaBytes). It sports a navigation system and has been created from publicly... 

Progressive left has politicized same-sex movement and fashioned the gay lifestyle into a civil rights movement. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO has given a boost to the next wave of progressivism politics – the effort to mainstream homosexuality and fashion a civil rights movement around the “equality” of same-sex marriage. Oliver’s segment on the #Miiquality campaign draws attention... 

Bruce Nuclear Plant on Lake Huron A Canadian proposal that calls for a nuclear waste storage facility less than a mile away from the Great Lakes is coming under heavy fire from Michigan lawmakers and environmental groups, who are now attempting to stop the project. Under a plan crafted by energy supplier Ontario Power Generation (OPG), the company would construct a “deep geologic repository” (DGR),... 

Extremist Israeli settlers have vandalized a church in the southern city of Beersheba ahead of a visit by Pope Francis. Israeli police said the outside walls of the church were sprayed with anti-Christian graffiti on Friday. Security officials suspect that the move is the latest in a series of hate crimes, with Israeli extremists as the main suspects. They say there has been a recent spate of hate... 

Konstantinos Daikos, Greek MEP Candidate of the People’s Association – Golden Dawn It’s been several years now since the fate of the seed trade was decided in a massive gathering. The American companies Monsanto and Dupont Pioneer, along with the Swiss Syngenta, today control about 60% of the world’s seed market. On the whole, the 10 biggest corporations in the field control about 80% of... 

Ecological economists such as Herman Daly write that the more full the world becomes, the higher are the social or external costs of production. Social or external costs are costs of production that are not captured in the price of the products. For example, dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico that result from chemicals used in agriculture are not included as costs in agricultural production. The price... 

Over 400 cities worldwide will see millions marching against the US chemical and agricultural company Monsanto in an effort to boycott the use of Genetically Modified Organisms in food production. Marches are planned in 52 countries in addition to some 47 US states that are jointing in the protest. “MAM supports a sustainable food production system. We must act now to stop GMOs and harmful pesticides,”... 

Chilean artist Francisco Tapia Chilean activist and artist Francisco Tapia, also known as ‘Papas Fritas,’ has stolen and burnt $500 million worth of “pagares,” or debt papers. He then uploaded the video onto social media, claiming he had “freed” students by setting the papers alight. The artist made his claim in a video that went viral on May 12, where he says that debt owed to...