Japan Earthquake: Helicopter aerial view video of giant tsunami waves

Competing currents: A huge whirlpool forms in a harbor near Oarai City, Ibaraki Prefecture, north eastern Japan. The currents that were disrupted after the tsunami were channeled by the...

Wikileaks Julian Assange arrives at Court

The British police arrested WikiLeaks founder and owner Julian Assange on an arrest warrant from Sweden, where Assange is accused of sexual crimes. “Julian Assange (…) was arrested on a European...

World Rushing to Judge North Korea Without Proper Inquiry

South Korea has admitted it fired artillery shells that triggered an early morning clash with North Korea. However it says it was part of a military drill and denied...

NATO Summit Presidential Press Conference

President Obama speaks to the media after the Nato Summit in Lisbon, Portugal and reports on progress made on the way forward in Afghanistan, the new approach to European...

Leaking Siberian Ice Prompts Methane Warning

As Siberia's thawing permafrost leaks methane, some scientists are warning of another emerging climate threat.

Star Wars: The Reality Edition

Since humanity has been too busy with their Earthly little activities like war, consumerism, and Ego massaging, we at The Santos Republic thought we can pay attention on other...

Aung San Suu Kyi Released From Detention

YANGON, Myanmar  (Nov 13, 2010) – Myanmar's military government freed its archrival, democracy heroine  Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and tasted freedom today for the first time in 7 1/2 years,...

Women, Ambition and (Still) the Pay Gap

Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School professor, explains why women's compensation and advancement to the highest ranks have failed to keep pace with their impressive inroads into the workforce.

Cholera spreads in Haiti

The deadly Cholera outbreak in Haiti has spread to the country's capital Port-au-Prince, with scores of cases confirmed and numerous suspected deaths reported. The waterborne disease, which thrives in unsanitary...

‘Bionic’ eye success in sight

Bionic eyes were once thought to be the creation of science fiction, but now doctors in Germany have developed a computer chip that could help restore the sight of...