As Venezuela grows closer to exhausting nearly every means of paying its debt, some oil market participants are seriously pondering the possible implications of an unprecedented event: the default of a major crude producing company.
Saudi Arabia's police say a member of the kingdom's anti-terrorism force has been murdered and that six of his relatives are wanted in connection with his death.
In February ...As noted earlier, among the catalysts for the overnight leg higher in oil was a statement by Venezuelan Oil Minister Eulogio Del Pino who triggered the headline-scanning algos yesterday when he said, during a television broadcast on Te
Reuters reports Iran's top leader warned voters on Wednesday the West was plotting to influence elections pitting centrists close to President Hassan Rouhani against conservative hardliners in a contest that could shape the Islamic Republic for yea
MAJOR GROUND OFFENSIVE ...The Saudi Foreign Ministry's announcement, carried by the state-run Saudi Press Agency, urged citizens already there to depart or to be in contact with the Saudi Embassy in Beirut.
On February 16th, The Washington Post printed the article, "It's time to kill the $100 bill." This came on the heels of a CNNMoney item, the day before, entitled "Death of the 500 euro bill getting closer."
(NaturalNews) A new scientific study has revealed yet another health hazard associated with mobile phones: A drastic reduction in viable sperm cells was found in nearly half of men tested who carry their phones in their pants pockets or near their te
Lying Press? Germans Lose Faith in the Fourth Estate "Mendacious swine journals" reads this sign held by a German protester at a recent PEGIDA demonstration in Dresden, listing various German media outlets … Germans are losing faith in their me
EU referendum: Leaving EU a 'leap in the dark' says Cameron … The prime minister says his only agenda is what is best for the country … David Cameron has warned that leaving the European Union "could hurt working people for years to come"
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Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral with the SES 9 communications satellite. Tonight's Falcon 9 launch Thursday night at 6:46 p.m. EST (2346 GMT). The weather calls for an 80 percent chance of fav
SpaceX called off the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday to make sure the booster's supply of super-chilled cryogenic liquid oxygen is cold enough to support the delivery of the 5.8-ton SES 9 commercial communications sate
This morning I was stuck in front of a Fox "News" broadcast for a short period and then with an NPR news program. It was enough to convince me that Nazi propaganda during Hitler's Third Reich was very mild compared to the constant stream of dan
RT reports, More than 90,000 South Koreans and 15,000 US troops will stage a "pre-emptive strike" on simulated North Korean weapons silos, following Pyongyang's rocket launch and a nuclear test earlier this year.
SCVNEWS reports An operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile is scheduled late Thursday evening and Friday morning.
Connecting your smartphone to the web with just a lamp -- that is the promise of Li-Fi, featuring Internet access 100 times faster than Wi-Fi with revolutionary wireless technology.
surgeons make thousands of mistakes (with zero accountability)...(NaturalNews) Great Britain's socialized health care system has been responsible for more than 1,100 serious medical mistakes in the past four years, according to a recent article publi
Once again the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is in the news. President Obama has made a last-ditch effort to fulfill one of his campaign promises to close the facility down, but Republicans in Congress are determined to keep it operational. Both
That all changed overnight when the Shanghai Composite plunged by 6.4% with the drop accelerating into the close. This was the biggest drop in over a month and was big enough to almost wipe out the entire 10% rebound from the January lows in one sess
While Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, who is currently advising presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, famously said that the estimated 500,000 children who died as a result of US sanctions on Iraq was "worth it."
Retail sales in Canada fell 2.2% in December from November on a seasonally adjusted basis, but not adjusted for inflation, to C$43.2 billion … But just because retail demand is crummy doesn't mean that retail prices can't power higher.
HPV Sharply Reduced in Teenage Girls Following Vaccine, Study Says …The vaccine for human papillomavirus, a cause of cervical cancer, has proved effective, but immunization rates remain low
Russia will ask permission on Monday to start flying surveillance planes equipped with high-powered digital cameras amid warnings from U.S. intelligence and military officials that such overflights help Moscow collect intelligence on the United State
I hadn't even changed money when a guy in a military jacket approached me for a donation for Ukraine's war efforts, and he was quite persistent too. This happened in Maidan Square, now turned into a death shrine, with photos of sacrificed soldier