When you turn the tap water on at home to run a bath or do the dishes, you might not realize that the water flowing from the faucet comes out at a controlled pressure. This is due to the water ...

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has given notice that it will issue an “enforcement order” on the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) to compel it to sign fuel supply agreements (FSAs) ...

In this episode of CounterPunch Radio, Joshua Frank and Erik Wallenberg talk with Sasha Davis about his new book, Replace the State: How to Change the World When Elections and Protests Fail. Sasha ...

President Donald Trump has been pressuring the Federal Reserve from a few angles. So we wanted to look at other examples of political pressure on central banks, to see what it might mean for us and ...

Deaths from blood-pressure-driven kidney disease have increased dramatically during the past quarter-century, according to a new study. Deaths from high blood pressure-related kidney disease increased ...

Some of President Trump’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China. “Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” Mr. Trump ...

The Lebanese government welcomed a plan presented by the army on Friday to disarm Hezbollah, the country’s most formidable military force, in an unprecedented move that risks sparking internal ...

The Portsmouth City Elections are coming. Residents wishing to serve in local office have until Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 5 p.m. to file at City Hall. All nine seats on the City Council are open for ...

The head of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom Alexei Likhachev said on Friday the company was ready to discuss with the US’s Westinghouse the issue of nuclear fuel at Ukraine’s ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) this week announced the withdrawal of a Cyprus Investment Firm licence, as well as the termination of membership in the Investors Compensation ...

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has hinted on an imminent fuel scarcity across Nigeria. NUPENG called on its members to down tools and shun loading of petroleum ...

As Reform U.K. meets for its annual conference, the experience of its youngest municipal leader, George Finch, shows a party trying to combine caution and provocation. By Stephen Castle Reporting from ...