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Bangladeshi police attack garment workers’ protest
By K. Ratnayake, 21 May 2013
Police fired rubber bullets at tens of thousands of workers demanding higher wages and protesting the April 24 garment factory collapse that killed 1,127 workers.
Financial bubbles creating conditions for new crash
By Nick Beams, 21 May 2013
The very measures put in place to avert a crisis are creating the conditions for a new financial meltdown.
Washington’s hacking charges escalate pressure on China
By Alex Lantier, 21 May 2013
The New York Times on Monday published a front-page article reiterating unsubstantiated allegations that the Chinese military is carrying out cyberwarfare against US corporations.
New revelations of US government spying on the press
By Ed Hightower, 21 May 2013
The FBI followed and obtained emails from Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen as part of an investigation of a 2009 leak of information from the State Department.
Devastating tornado kills at least 91 in Oklahoma City
By Niles Williamson, 21 May 2013
On Monday afternoon, a massive tornado struck Moore, Oklahoma, leaving a mile-wide swath of devastation.
Employers to offer bare-bones coverage under health care law
By Kate Randall, 21 May 2013
US employers will be able to avoid penalties under the Obama-backed health care legislation, while offering token plans to their workforces.
Obama to college graduates: “No room for excuses”
By Andre Damon, 21 May 2013
US President Barack Obama used his commencement speech at Morehouse College on Sunday to insist that if young people are poor or unemployed, it’s their own fault.
Germany: Parliamentary inquiry into neo-Nazi murders concludes
By Peter Schwarz, 21 May 2013
The federal prosecutor and judges in the neo-Nazi NSU trial want to limit further revelations about state involvement in the group’s series of murders.
Guatemala’s US-backed dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide
By Rafael Azul, 21 May 2013
On May 10, Guatemala's former dictator José Efraín Rios Montt received an 80-year prison sentence for crimes committed under his rule.
New Zealand to increase military presence in South Pacific
By John Braddock, 21 May 2013
New Zealand’s military integration with the US and Australia is the culmination of a process begun by the previous Labour government.