UK - Widow, 75, speaks for millions as she stands up at Barclays' AGM to attack 'greed' of bankers pocketing sky-high pay packets. It had to be said and yesterday a widow from a small market town was the one to say it.
USA - Flood-weary residents in parts of the Midwest were still trying to stem the tide of murky river water Thursday, as late snow-melt combined with days of spring rain sent rivers toward high-water records.
USA - Each year before flu season, millions of flu vaccines are shipped around the world to protect humans from contracting the deadly influenza virus. Despite the millions of Americans who receive the flu vaccination each year, there are some individuals who doubt its effectiveness and safety.
GERMANY - Angela Merkel tried to contain her irritation when asked at a podium discussion in Berlin whether southern European countries could take much more German-ordered austerity.
TEMPLE MOUNT, ISRAEL - For years Jews have been allowed to visit the Temple Mount, the holiest place on earth according to the Jewish religion, but have not been allowed to pray there. In late 2012 police issued draconian instructions under which Jewish visitors could be arrested for merely appearing to pray.
TEMPLE MOUNT, ISRAEL - Jerusalem police banned the entry of Jewish worshipers seeking to perform the korban ritual on the Temple Mount. Chaim Odem spoke to Arutz Sheva news about the incident. "We did not succeed on Passover, so we thought at least we would try again for Pesach Sheini. Wednesday marked Pesach Sheini , or Second Passover, which is described in the Torah as a second chance for those who were ritually impure during the regular Passover holiday."
SPAIN - Spain's unemployment rate soared to a new record of 27.2% of the workforce in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The total number of unemployed people in Spain has now passed the six million figure, although the rate of the increase has slowed. The figures underline Spain's struggle to emerge from an economic crisis which began five years ago. A big demonstration in Madrid is being planned against the austerity measures.
USA - Technocracy as an economic theory was formalized in the 1930's by a group known as Technocracy, Inc. Founded by M King Hubbard (the Peak Oil Theory guy in the 1950′s) and Howard Scott (a pseudo-engineer and promoter), Technocracy was carefully defined in a widely published work, Technocracy Study Course.
USA - US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel urged caution Wednesday over an Israeli claim that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons, saying all evidence must be weighed carefully as such allegations are "serious business".
HONG KONG, CHINA - A new strain of bird flu is one of the 'most lethal' flu viruses ever found, according to World Health Organisation (WHO). Experts have warned the H7N9 strain can jump more easily from birds to humans than the H5N1 virus that killed 350 people worldwide a decade ago. The H7N9 strain of bird flu has so far killed 22, and scientists are monitoring the virus closely to see if it could spark a global pandemic. WHO's top influenza expert Dr Keiji Fukuda said: "This is definitely one of the most lethal influenza viruses we have seen so far."
USA - The world is heading into a horrific economic nightmare, and an inordinate amount of the suffering is going to fall on innocent children. If you want to get an idea of what America is going to look like in the not too distant future, just check out what is happening in Greece. At this point, Greece is experiencing a full-blown economic depression.
USA - Senior Obama administration officials have secretly authorized the interception of communications carried on portions of networks operated by AT&T and other Internet service providers, a practice that might otherwise be illegal under federal wiretapping laws.
EUROPE - The European Union will never receive enough public support for federalism and so should abandon the idea of a United States-inspired Superstate, says the influential French Socialist former minister Hubert Védrine.
USA - The upheaval in financial markets caused by a false report of explosions at the White House was brief, but its effect on traders who have come to rely on Twitter may last quite a bit longer.
ITALY - Enrico Letta appears set to become Italy's new prime minister, after being asked by President Giorgio Napolitano to form a broad coalition government. The appointment of Mr Letta, currently deputy leader of the centre-left Democratic Party, could see the end of two months of parliamentary deadlock.