Antarctic 'Alps' mapped

Discovered by Russian scientists in the 1950's, the British Antarctic Survey has announced that a multi-national team from from the UK, the US, Germany, Australia, China and Japan has mapped the Gamburtsev mountain range which is similar in size to the European Alps but the...

Pharma corp GSK promises change

Promising price cuts down to 25% or less of US/UK levels for the world's 50 least developed countries, the new head of GSK is changing their game" ...

Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmland

It's no great surprise of course, but the scale of the destruction is emerging. Blockaded Gaza will need even more aid."Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmlandOfficials warn of 'destruction of all means of life' after the three-week conflict leaves...

Oligarch buys London newspaper for a quid

I do wonder what the details of the financial wheelings and dealers are, but it appears the London Evening Standard has gone for a song, for a stated purchase price of one pound (1UKP). From Hackney and TheGuardian's über-blogger Dave Hill - Alexander Lebedev completes...

Anti-war protesters "raided UK arms factory"

In the early hours of Saturday morning nine activists were arrested at the EDO weapons factory in Brighton, UK. As reported to the Smash EDO campaign, computers and filing cabinets were hurled out of top floor windows as six protesters broke in to the factory in the early...