Next Einstein Forum: African countries seek to keep their brain power
More than 700 persons, researchers, decision-makers, industrialists and heads of state, traced a future path for science in Africa.
Prospective settlement in fiery Quebec oil train crash
A settlement with victims of an oil train crash in Lac-Mégantic still leaves the train's engineer and dispatcher, both Steelworkers, facing trial.
Islamic leaders call for fast action on climate change
Islamic leaders called for rapid transition from a world economic order based on fossil fuel to one powered by renewable energy.
Protests against Peru's Tia Maria Mine bolstered by international solidarity
What does it take to stop a threatening transnational corporate giant? The people of Arequipa, Peru have an answer.
Colombia and world cope with Monsanto’s toxic herbicide
Monsanto's glyphosate, sold as "roundup," is the most widely-used herbicide. In Colombia, however, it's also a weapon of war.
Cuba’s cooperative farms break new ground in production
Cuba is breaking new ground in production yields, organic farming techniques, sustainability, and food security.
Geneva: On the road to Paris
These negotiations take place against the backdrop of increasingly dire predictions about the results of climate change. 2014 was the hottest year on record.
Small island nation calls on nuclear powers to disarm
Sometime this year, the International Court of Justice is expected to hear a true David-and-Goliath challenge to the world's nuclear powers.
Game goes into overtime during Lima climate talks
The climate change negotiations went into overtime, with extended session that lasted two days beyond the scheduled adjournment.
Activists protest oil drilling in Canary Islands
Canarians and tourists formed a giant 'SOS' on a beach in Spain's Canary Island of Fuerteventura protesting oil drilling.
