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Chilean President Sebastián Pinera, today signed a bill that would accept civil unions between homosexual and heterosexual couples. This initiative was among Pinera’s campaign promises. “This project is equal for different-sex couples or same sex, since in both cases it is...

The tsunami triggered by the earthquake (magnitude 9) that caused the devastation of an extensive coastal region in northeastern Japan last March, showed its power in Antarctica, more than 13,000 miles away. The waves spread across the Pacific and its impact caused fractures in...

The situation in Dolo Ado refuge in Ethiopia is becoming increasingly critical. Somali refugees, who run to this refuge from famine in their country, are facing an outbreak of measles detected between the asylees. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees...

A lawyer graduated from Harvard University, Lobsang Sanjay, 43, was sworn in as prime minister of the Tibetan government in exile based in Dharamsala, northern India city. Sanjay was chosen by the expatriate community in March and after Tenzin Gyatso, the current Dalai Lama,...

Today the organization of hackers, Anonymous, deactivated the website of the Syrian Ministry of Defence as a sign of protest against the crackdown on demonstrators. Anonymous posted on its Tumblr blog a screenshot of the web page hacked before it was taken offline. Pictures of...

For those who wanted to see the image that immortalized the former actress Marilyn Monroe, now they can see her on an 8 feet high a scale in the city of Chicago. The giant sculpture of this actress, made by the artist Seward Johnson, reflects Marilyn in her moment when she turned...

Anonymous, a group of “hacktivists”, has entered into about 70 webpages from government agencies. Anonymous has stolen more than 10GB of email addresses and credit cards data. Most websites attacked, belong to organizations in southern and central United States. A...

Although demonstrations had been banned, hundreds of Chilean students gathered Thursday to protest for a better public education, but the police used teargas and water cannon trucks to prevent them to march through Santiago’s downtown and other cities. Over 800 students were...

Today were denied the rumors about the death of Jamis Gaddafi, younger son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in a NATO bombing early Friday in Zliten (150 km from Tripoli.) According to Musa Ibrahi, spokesman of Libyan regime said that the rumors called “filthy lies,”...

Because of the high temperatures in recent months, the Arctic ice sheet has decreased to record lows, according to the Russian Meteorological Center (WRC) reports. Currently, the ice covers an area of ​​6.860 million square kilometers, close to the minimum in 2007, while all...