2/10/13 Powerful lobby groups are getting in the way of efforts to combat a growing obesity crisis in the United States. As part of its series on the epidemic, Al Jazeera is examines the multi-billon dollar food and drink industry. Compa
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Published on Sep 18, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM On Tuesday, Gen. Martin Dempsey told Congress that US allies in the Middle East are funding and arming the Islamic State. Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are thought to be the main s
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published on 4/23/13 While oil has been the motivating factor for US-led wars in the Middle East, many are wondering what might be behind their constant belligerence towards Pyongyang. But while North Korea may not have oil, the estimated
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Aug 24, 2015 The US State Department’s comments indirectly backing the use of cluster bombs by Saudi forces in Yemen are “very despicable,” a geopolitical commentator in Missouri says. Dean Hender
A group of 10 mortgage providers have agreed to pay a total of $8.5bn as compensation to end a US government-mandated review of housing crisis foreclosures. Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc, JPMorgan Case & Co, Wells Fargo & Co, Met
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jun 26, 2015 Washington’s claims that China has conducted cyber attacks against the US are used to pump billions of dollars into the American cyber command, says an analyst. These cyber attack cla
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Aug 17, 2015 Mother Jones conducted a recent investigation into what exactly police departments across the United States are requesting in terms of military gear from the Pentagon. They found hund
The wars waged by Washington have created more enemies for the United States than before September 11, 2001, an analyst tells Press TV. The United States invaded Afghanistan in 2001 under the pretext of combating terrorism. The offensive
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Oct 6, 2015 The US government is “deeply involved” in Saudi Arabia’s war of aggression against Yemen, says an American author and analyst. “It is beyond belief, the American government is deeply
http://www.euronews.com/ The US and China spat over American missiles in the Pacific is nothing new. But this time, they've entered a new war of words - over cybercrime. US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel set out his stall at Singapore's
Published on Jun 11, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The right to education and literacy-That was the main message of those who gathered in front of Manhattan's city Hall on Tuesday. Participant are calling on the government to shift
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Apr 28, 2015 There's been yet another US drone strike in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Kunar. At least three people are dead. According to a senior police official, the aerial assault wa
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Provided by http://cnnnext.com ABC News' Nick Schifrin has new details on the Al Qaeda terror threat.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jan 19, 2016 The US Ambassador to Israel slams Tel Aviv’s lack of action and double standards in dealing with the settlers’ violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories. Speaking at a
Published on Aug 4, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The US Agency for International Development is under fire after an Associated Press report released Monday revealed the agency used young Latin Americans to infiltrate Cuban society
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Published on Jun 21, 2013 US federal prosecutors have filed sealed criminal charges against Edward Snowden, the man behind a huge leak of surveillance secrets. They have also asked Hong Kong to detain him, as he is believed to be hiding
TELL YOUR KIDS NOT TO JOIN THE MILITARY, JUST BECAUSE YOUR POOR, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH, THE RICH NEVER JOIN UNLESS THEY HAVE A HIGH RANK, SOUNDS FAMILIAR US senators have berated senior military officers over a serious rise in sexual-assaul
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The US and its allies have granted Israel a blank check to commit a mass amount of violence against defenseless Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip, a journalist and international lawyer in Toronto sa
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The US THAAD missile defense system, controversially deployed in South Korea, is now capable of defending against North Korea’s missiles, US officials have said. While the move may be seen as strong-arm dip
Published on Apr 24, 2013 Two million children in the US are taught by their parents or private tutors at home. In the final part of our series about home-schooling around the world, Tom Ackerman looks at how well those kids get on, a
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News that the United States has been monitoring the private data of people around the world has been heavily criticised by civil rights groups. Now, President Barack Obama's administration has gone on the offensive to deny accusations th
Provided by http://cnnnext.com The United States issued a global travel alert Friday, citing an al-Qaida threat that also caused the State Department to close 21 embassies and consulates this weekend in the Muslim world.
Published on Feb 18, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM LIKE US HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/CNNNEXT The US Supreme Court deemed it unconstitutional to throw someone in jail for not being able to pay court fees or fines without asking them if
Published on Apr 16, 2014 PROVIDED BY 4/16/14 The US's National Reconnaissance Office just shot a rocket into space with a secret satellite payload on it that they refuse to tell anyone about. They used a very fancy rocket to launch it, h
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jun 8, 2015 Many believe it is a time of extreme weakness and vulnerability for union and labor across the US. In recent years, their power has been diminishing and membership is at an all time lo
Published on Mar 17, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM As commercial drones take off around the globe, they are grounded in the US for now by the government. FAA officials say rules to address the safety challenges with unmanned aircraf
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Reports say a series of US-led airstrikes on a Syrian village have killed at least 60 civilians. According to a London-based Syrian opposition group, the airstrikes targeted the village of Brimahle in the no
Published on Apr 4, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The US may release Israeli-American spy Jonathan Pollard in an attempt to save the so-called peace talks between Tel Aviv and the Palestinian Authority. A US official speaking on
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PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on May 5, 2015 A new study shows housing rents have surged at twice the pace of average hourly wages in the US. Many Americans have to choose between buying groceries for their families and paying re
Published on Oct 4, 2014 A US political commentator has said that Americans should know the United States is not a democracy, but instead “a very firmly entrenched oligarchy” that cannot be simply changed through elections. In a phone
2/16/13 Radioactive waste is leaking from a tank at a US nuclear site in Washington state. The government says there's no immediate danger, but the leak is raising concerns about the storage of the country's mounting stockpile of toxic w
Published on Aug 27, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM According to a new inspector general report, the US' nuclear reactor databases maintained by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission were hacked three times - twice by individuals in f
2/23/13 The Europe-wide horsemeat scandal has raised concerns about safety standards and food quality in industrial countries. In the United States, some farmers are practicing what they say is a more ethical alternative to mass ...
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on May 7, 2015 Iraq's Turkmen and Christians have slammed the US decision to treat Iraqi Kurds and Sunnis as independent people. Iraqi Turkmen and Christians have stressed that such a move would be
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jun 17, 2015 Police officers are often forced to make split second decisions. But in no other developed country will you find cops resorting to deadly force as aggressively as in America.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Apr 5, 2015 A new report by ThinkProgress.com unearthed disturbing figures when it came to the number of police-related deaths that occurred in America in the month of March alone. Manila Chan tak
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jul 2, 2015 The Guardian has logged every police killing in America this year, and, as of 1 July 2015, 547 people have been killed by law enforcement. (This video shows the figures up to 29 June 2
We're in serious trouble when these issues have to be exposed by Russia Today! The police state is fundamentally evil in many ways, but none is more evil than the double standard when it comes to the application of law. We are forced to acc
Published on Aug 8, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM A former US presidential candidate says he is “deeply ashamed” of American leaders and politicians who are “completely owned” by Zionists and “banker elites” who seek “tremendous eco
Just days before the presidential election, former US President Donald Trump rallied in Kinston, North Carolina, and targeted Vice President Kamala Harris by saying that Harris has no vision, no ideas, and no solutions, and that her only
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM US President Barack Obama has called on world leaders to listen to their citizens' grievances In a speech in the Greek capital of Athens, as part of his farewell tour, he sought to preserve his legacy before
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Nov 30, 2015 US President Barack Obama has delivered a speech at the COP21 meeting, saying that he hoped the Paris summit can be a turning point” in the fight against climate change.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Aug 12, 2015 More than 100 million dollars: that's what Traders and Hackers are accused of making in illicit trades in companies that include Bank of America, Caterpillar and Honeywell.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jun 22, 2015 The United States is escalating tensions with Russia because it needs enemies for distracting the American people from the political and economic problems facing their country, a US m
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jun 21, 2015 The United States is trying to encircle Russia by pushing NATO right up to the country’s borders as well as establishing American military bases throughout Central Asia, says a politi
Follow us on TWITTER: http://twitter.com/cnforbiddennews Like us on FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/chinaforbiddennews The Diaoyu Islands dispute heats up as both China and Japan military aircrafts confronted each other earlier this
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Oct 30, 2015 The US maintains that Russian airstrikes hit hospitals and caused collateral damage in Syria.
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Aug 2, 2015 China’s alleged theft of personal information of millions of American employees is embarrassing while Washington’s response to the hacking indicates “double standard hypocrisy” in US f
Published on Apr 23, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The Justice Department is encouraging nonviolent federal inmates who have behaved in prison, have no significant criminal history and have already served more than 10 years behind b
Published on Oct 1, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The United States has admitted that any strikes in Iraq and Syria are exempt from its standards applied to aerial attacks elsewhere. The White House confirmed the looser policy wh
3/4/13 Details have just been released of a development in the search for an HIV cure. While experts say that's still a way off, they're encouraged by what's being described as the first functional cure of HIV in an infant. Al Jazeera's
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Oct 14, 2015 The US secretary of state blames Israel’s settlement expansion projects for the current escalation of tensions between Palestinians and Israelis. John Kerry says massive increase in s
2/19/13 A top secret branch of China's military is being accused of being behind cyber attacks on companies all over the world. An American computer security firm says the group of hackers, also known as Unit 61398, has been operating o
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM In 2005, Congress enacted the Energy Policy Act, complete with what's known as the Halliburton Loophole. The loophole excuses fracking companies from federal regulations like disclosing what chemicals they inj
Published on Sep 16, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM With the Jeddah Communiqué, the US just enlisted, among other Middle Eastern governments, Saudi Arabia's support for their war on ISIS. The Saudis will provide bases to train and ar
Published on Oct 4, 2014 Palestinians have hailed a Swedish move to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state as courageous. Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat has expressed hope that all European countries will take the same de
A US soldier has pleaded guilty to killing 16 Afghan civilians. Robert Bales formally admitted his guilt, in order to avoid the death penalty. Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse has spoken to some of the victims' relatives in the Afghan capit
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Apr 8, 2015 The US army says it will launch an investigation into claims that American military personnel sexually abused Colombian women and girls during their mission in the country between 2003
Published on Feb 20, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM LIKE US HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/CNNNEXT New numbers from the Defense Commissary Agency just revealed that US soldiers spent over $100 million worth of food stamps at military commissar
Published on Apr 23, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM As much as a third of all seafood imported to the US is captured illegally, according to a recent study in Marine Policy. Called pirate fishing, many environmentalists want author
According to FOIA documents obtained from the Daily Mail, a US diplomat working for the International Trade Administration sexually abused a child in his care as well as children he invited over to the house the government was paying for. H
Published on Aug 10, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Skyrocketing tuition fees in America are now forcing many students to struggle to find any food for thought. So some universities are now setting up soup kitchens, to make sure thei
Published on Feb 23, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Many experts have been highlighting the roles the EU and the US have played in Ukraine's unrest, but for most Western media, it's been the Russian President's hand that's been there
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Jul 1, 2015 A court in the United States has allowed the country’s National Security Agency, NSA to resume spying on US citizens. Court documents show a judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveill
Published on Mar 18, 2014 PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM The newly appointed US Special Envoy for Syria, Daniel Rubinstein, released a statement today saying Syria may no longer continue to operate its embassy and consulates in the United
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM Published on Nov 10, 2015 US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter’s accusations and threats against Russia and China are dangerous moves that may lead to military confrontation, says an American author and politica
PROVIDED BY HTTP://CNNNEXT.COM PUBLISHED ON JUNE 13, 2014 Iraq's crumbling under the force of a renegade al-Qaeda splinter group that's sweeping the north. Now the US president is considering airstrikes and drone attacks. RT's Gayane Chic
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