‘Is it me or is the run up to this General Election being ­dominated by negative, lacklustre campaigning and politicians with a mental age of five? Britain might have managed to step back from the […]

‘A Conservative election candidate was suspended tonight after being accused of trying to choreograph a fake demonstration outside a mosque with the help of former English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson. Afzal Amin, a former […]

‘A former British Gas boss criticised for his ‘lavish’ windfalls has been put in charge of pay at HSBC, writes Peter Campbell. Sam Laidlaw, who sits on the bank’s board, received up to £5m a […]

‘It is planned that the system, a product of a multi-million pound surveillance software deal with Israeli multinational security company NICE Systems, will be able to digitally detect “unusual behaviour” among Glaswegians and send an […]

‘Something stunning took place earlier this week, and it quietly snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the “all important” FOMC meeting was looming. That something could have been taken straight out of the playbook of […]

‘Does it get any funnier than this? Well, arguably, we’ve already seen an even funnier episode from these financial “Wile E. Coyotes”. But let’s begin with a look at the most recent “botched operation” by […]

‘Michael Brown. Eric Garner. Tamir Rice. Wenjian Liu. Rafael Ramos. These are just a few of the lives that have been claimed by officer-civilian shootings over the last three years. What happened during these incidents […]

‘The impact of fracking on the environment and health in Europe is disproportionate to the gains derived from this drilling method, a new study says, adding that its cost effectiveness is also under question. “We […]

‘Senior UN officials in Jerusalem have been accused of caving in to Israeli pressure to abandon moves to include the state’s armed forces on a UN list of serious violators of children’s rights. UN officials […]

‘As Greece struggles to convince the world it’s serious about adopting a series of reforms designed to bolster its economy including cracking down on rampant tax evasion, the Syriza government may want to look to […]

According to published reports, the U.S. economy grew by nearly 300,000 jobs in February, making the unemployment rate fall to 5.5 percent – the lowest of President Obama’s tenure – so the nation is well […]