IMF chief calls on US for more cash

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has implored the United States to help back-stop debt-ridden European countries, wading neck-deep into bubbling US political waters. Speaking in the US capital, Lagarde said the 187-nation International Monetary Fund…

THE BRICS Challenges The Old World Order

The sight of the BRICS has been an eyesore for the developed countries ever since its inception. The sense of irritability has now given way to disquiet bordering on hostility. There is a compelling urgency…

Fleshing out the animal world

A new exhibition at London’s Natural History Museum features more than 100 ‘skinned’ animals – from a balancing giraffe to a blood-red shark.   “Ouah! Qu-est-ce que c’est que ca?!” A group of French high…

Child Labour returns to Europe

The latest figures released by the official European Union statistics agency Eurostat reveal that unemployment across the euro zone rose for the 10th consecutive month and topped 17 million, or 10.8 per cent of the…

Leaked Emails Show US Private Security Firm Engage In Syria’s “Regime Change”

Leaked emails show an American private security company, SCG International has been helping the Syrian opposition in its efforts to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad at the request of US officials. The whistleblower website, Wikileaks, released the emails sent by SCG Chief Executive James F. Smith, the former director of the notorious company Blackwater, which is blamed for the killing of many civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan. In one of the emails, Smith says his company was contracted to engage the Turkey-based Syrian opposition in a so-called “fact finding mission,” but “the true mission is how they can help in regime change.”