Month: August 2014

‘On Sunday, the Washington Post published an exposé revealing that private companies are peddling surveillance systems to foreign governments that track the location of cellphone users in the United States and abroad. The report raised […]

‘A giant sinkhole, measuring 115ft wide, has opened up on farmland in County Durham and the landowner warns further wet weather will increase the size of the hole. Earth collapsed to reveal a 115ft-wide sinkhole […]

‘Campaigners are working to set up a so-called peace camp in Newport’s Tredegar Park as thousands of NATO protesters are expected to gather in the Welsh city. “On 4th-5th Sept, thousands of diplomats, politicians, and […]

‘A four-day protest organized by the hacktivist collective Anonymous UK in support of a legal challenge against pervasive use of mass surveillance has begun outside Britain’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ). Anonymous has dubbed the protest […]

‘Approximately four months after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 (MH370) disappeared in March 2014, while en route from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur to the Chinese capital of Beijing, another incident took place with a […]

‘The defection of Tory MP Douglas Carswell to UKIP is undoubtedly a major blow for British Prime Minister David Cameron and the ruling Conservative Party. In June, UKIP celebrated an excellent result by topping the […]

Theresa May, Home Seretary has just announced that The UK’s terror threat level is being raised from “substantial” to “severe” in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria ‘The new alert level means an attack […]

‘Killer robots programmed to open fire without human control are just a “small step” from the battlefield and military powers should agree to outlaw them, a top United Nations official has said. Angela Kane, the […]