Almost half the United States – the North Central region, the Midwest and the Northeast – faces a high risk of spring flooding over the next two weeks, government forecasters said on Thursday. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in its spring forecast that the stage was set for potential widespread, record flooding, particularly in the North Central United States for... 

Hinting: Ehud Barak, the Israel defence minister, told the Wall Street Journal that his country might ask America for a further $20billion. Israel are expected to ask for an additional $20billion in U.S. military aid in order to help the country deal with potential threats arising from the ongoing uprisings in the Middle East. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal defence minister Ehud Barak... 

An anti-government protestor reacts as he and other demonstrators shout slogans during a demonstration demanding the resignation of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, March 1, 2011. Yemen's embattled president has accused the United States and Israel of trying to destabilize his country and the Arab world. Yemen’s embattled president on Tuesday accused the U.S.,... 

A study out yesterday in The Lancet by Moffitt Cancer Center researcher Anna Giuliano, Ph.D., and her colleagues finds that 50 percent of men ages 18 to 70 in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S. have genital infection with human papillomavirus, or HPV. HPV is the virus that causes cervical cancer in women. It also causes warts and cancer of the genitals and anus in both men and women. Over the past several... 

The world is going to become richer and richer as developing economies play catch up over the coming years, according to Willem Buiter, chief economist at Citigroup. “We expect strong growth in the world economy until 2050, with average real GDP growth rates of 4.6 percent per annum until 2030 and 3.8 percent per annum between 2030 and 2050,” Buiter wrote in a market research. “As... 

Protesters shout slogans against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi during a demonstartion at court square, in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday. After days of prevarication through the peak of the Libyan crisis, the United States government finally moved on Friday evening to impose unilateral sanctions against the regime of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The Obama administration’s latest move came even as the... 

A grim report prepared for Prime Minister Putin by Russian Space Forces Command (VKS) states that the catastrophic 6.3 magnitude earthquake that destroyed New Zealand’s second largest city of Christchurch on 22 February was another “failed test” of a United States “earthquake weapon” similar to the one that destroyed the Caribbean island nation of Haiti last January (2010) killing over 500,000... 

Breakthough: Wires are connected from the bionic arm to muscles in the chest. Most modern prosthetic limbs can be considered high tech. But Jesse Sullivan has a particularly clever prosthetic arm – it doesn’t work using a motor, but is controlled by his mind. Scientists have found a way to make the thought controlled limb by connecting the nerves from Mr Sullivan’s stump to muscles... 

A federal jury on Monday convicted a former research scientist of stealing trade secrets from Dow Chemical Co. A federal jury on Monday convicted a former research scientist of stealing trade secrets from Dow Chemical Co and selling them to companies in China, US prosecutors said. Wen Chyu Liu, a 74-year-old Chinese-American, former Dow employee, allegedly travelled throughout China to market proprietary... 

In a shocking coup d’état said to rival Nazi Germany’s 1938 Anschluss (German for “link-up”) of the Austrian Republic, the United States this past week effectively took control of Canada creating what is being called by Russian diplomatic officials as the world’s first 21st Century “Superstate”. The United States announcement of this “merger” between these two North American... 

Itzhak Abergil, center, is escorted by Israeli forces at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv. Israel extradited five top criminals to the United States Wednesday for trial on murder, money laundering and other charges, officials said. Underworld king-pins Meir Abergil and his brother Yitzhak were taken to Ben Gurion International Airport where U.S. federal agents and air marshals escorted them on a direct... 

French president Nicolas Sarkozy Calls for the end of the US Dollar while US president Barack Obama calls France “biggest ally”. There’s little doubt that the world’s superpowers are now fighting a new war. It’s not a cold one, or a hot one. No tanks, bombs or poison gas. At least not yet. But open hostility between Europe, Brazil, China, India and the United States blanket the headlines... 

Runway changes are needed to account for the moving magnetic pole, which is nearing Russia at 40 miles per year. Scientists say the magnetic north pole is moving toward Russia and the fallout has reached — of all places – Tampa International Airport. The airport has closed its primary runway until Jan. 13 to repaint the numeric designators at each end and change taxiway signage to account... 

A bank-owned home in Miami, Fla., where foreclosure sales made up 39.7 percent in the most recent quarter, according to RealtyTrac. Analysts expect more foreclosures in early 2011. Over the holidays, many lenders put foreclosures on hold. But that temporary freeze is over now. Industry watchers are expecting thousands of foreclosed properties to hit the market in the weeks and months ahead. Home foreclosure... 

A new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared for President Medvedev by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that the United States, in 2010, continued its headlong descent into becoming one of the most feared police states our modern World has ever seen. The term police state as used in this report describes a government that exercises rigid and repressive controls over the social, economic...