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Experts have warned that a pool of caesium at one of the Fukushima reactors damaged by last year’s tsunami may cause a radioactive fire, which would force the evacuation of vast areas of Japan, including the circa 35 million people living in and around Tokyo. Accusing the government of inaction in the face of the [...]

Big Brother knows you are reading this story. And if you think that BB is just a figment of Orwellian imagination, think twice. Better still, stay informed about what is going on in a quiet and remote Utah valley, where some 10,000 workers and engineers of the US Army and a fistful of highly-selected contractors [...]

When a boy is afraid of girls, his friends call him a sissy. But this can’t possibly be the case with Russian strong man, karate black belt Vladimir Putin. So there must be another reason why Moscow’s establishment is taking such a hard stance against the members of the female punk rock band Pussy Riot. [...]

How many followers did your last, cheeky tweet on Rihanna’s shining silver bikini attract? You may have lost track, but the legion of marketing trackers prowling the Internet and social media certainly have not. Commercial cyber scouts and analysts are in high demand these days and businesses from all over the world pay them hefty [...]

If you really have a green heart, move to Hong Kong or Tokyo, Manhattan, Frankfurt or the nearest metropolis. And beware of alternative technologies and good intentions: these may easily backfire, since the only way to solve the planet’s energy and climate problems is to drastically reduce consumption and advocate a radically new economic model [...]

A new world war is in the making. Governments from different countries and citizen groups are engaging in daily skirmishes and confrontations through the limitless scope of our new global civilization, personified through the Internet. And, like in more traditional, XX century conflicts, this digital, XXI century warfare also sees the USA taking center stage. [...]

The netizens of the global village have just won a significant battle against two new American copyright laws being discussed in Congress, which could heavily limit free access and personal use of online information. Following a first phase of sensational protest actions carried out in the past few days by Internet users, activists and entrepreneurs, [...]

The benevolent and majestic smile of the holy trinity shines on the future of the heavenly nation. The people of North Korea know it. They hear it, see it, feel it on their skin every day of their lives. The radio says it. TV and papers repeat it: like his father and grand father before [...]