Record rains & mudslides in Japan kill around 15 with 11 missing

Heavy rain has hit southwestern Japan, mainly on the southernmost island of Kyushu. At least fifteen people have died and some eleven people are missing, according to police and firefighters.

Most of those who have died in the heavy rainfall and mudslides were elderly people who could not manage to leave their homes on their own... read more and watch video.

Last minute change in London Olympics 2012 security

Just 2 weeks before the Olympic Games are due to start, it seems G4S cannot provide sufficient security staff for the event. Now the British Army is being brought in to do the job.

Digital Journal reported in June that there was controversy about the U.K.'s choice of security company for the Olympic Games.

Questions arose from Parliament over the choice of U.K.-based G4S, which has been accused of human rights abuses in Palestinian terrorities, as security for the Olympics.

G4S has been paid almost £300 million to supply and train staff for the Olympics 2012 security.... read more.

Video: Road-dividing fence collapses like dominoes in China

China's state broadcaster has released this amazing surveillance video, which shows a road-dividing fence literally falling like a giant row of dominoes.

It happened in the city in Jinhua, China on Tuesday this week. The 1.5 kilometer (0.9 mile) fence on the Shuanglong Bridge tumbled like a set of giant dominoes in just over 30 seconds.... read more and watch video.

Op-Ed: Is the Spanish PP government losing its legitimacy? (Video)

As Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy goes back on one campaign promise after another, is his government losing credibility with the people of Spain?

As protests continue in Madrid and spread to the rest Spain, combining the demonstration by the coal miners, with general protests over the latest austerity measures, people are starting to question the legitimacy of the newly elected Spanish Government.

It all started yesterday, with the coal miners reaching Madrid after walking for 3 weeks from northern Spain. They wanted to protest against the austerity cuts to the mining industry, which will cost them around 38,000 jobs.... read more and watch video interview.

EU Finance Regulator on Avaaz — 'Put bankers behind bars'

Avaaz has started a brand new petition, asking the European Commission and the EU Parliament to introduce strong regulation against market abuse, including criminal sanctions for bankers.

Recently big banks have been caught out in a massive scam to rig global interest rates. Millions of people have been ripped off on their student loans, mortgages and more.

Barclays Bank recently got caught out manipulating the key interbank lending rate. What did they get for this? They got fined... read more and sign petition.

NYPD caught out embellishing its anti-terrorism record

The New York Police Department has been boasting that it has foiled 14 terrorist attacks since 9/11. Only thing is, apparently this isn't true at all.

A study and journalistic investigation has been made into the NYPD's record by Justin Elliott from ProPublica.org.

During the investigation, it was found that there was only modest involvement in the thwarting of the 14 plots boasted by the NYPD, which are published on their website... read more.