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President Barack Obama will appoint Ron Klain his "Ebola czar," knowledgeable sources tell CNN. The president on Thursday signaled his openness to the idea to have one individual coordinating the entire federal response to any threat of an outbreak in the United States. But who is he?

Is fracking safe? The industry claims every precaution is taken to ensure that no harm is done to the environment by the gas extraction process. However, many US citizens who live near newly-built sites are convinced that their water and air has been contaminated, and is now radioactive and poisonous. Fish in the rivers are dying and garden trees are shrivelling and the people themselves are complaining of inexplicable rashes and respiratory illness. They aim to prove that fracking is the cause, but who’s listening?

On “Single Best Chart,” Scarlet Fu reports on the breakeven Brent oil prices by country in 2014. RBC Capital Markets Chief Commodities Strategist Helima Croft also speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.”

The United States military is sending hundreds more troops to join the 4-thousand already in West Africa, helping tackle the Ebola crisis. Speaking on Wednesday, the chief-of-staff for the first time revealed the full extent of America's global military presence - saying it has troops stationed in 150 countries - that's three quarters of all states. Gayane Chichakyan reports.

Enterovirus D-68 has now infected patients in 44 states and the District of Columbia, with the first case in Florida confirmed Tuesday. Here's what you need to know.

As President Barack Obama announced that he would be sending American military personnel to West Africa to help combat the epidemic, VICE News traveled to Monrovia to spend time with those on the front lines of the Ebola outbreak.

German industry takes its biggest hit since the 2009 financial crisis - adding to the chorus of discontent over the EU's sanctions against Russia.

China is poised to overtake the US as the world's largest economy way ahead of schedule. The IMF predicts that by the end of the year China's GDP, adjusted to the countries relatively low cost of living, will be $17.6 trillion, topping the US essentially that means, even though a typical person in China earns less than their American counterpart, they can afford more with their money.

Lawmakers have been using this strategy to make money for years. Here's a look at how to make money from weapons of war and how to benefit from the rising global conflicts around the war.

Aleppo is Syria's largest metropolitan area and a millennia-old commercial capital. Today, however, it is a relative ghost town, threatened by regime bombing from the air and a militant offensive on the ground. For two weeks over the summer, VICE News embedded with the Islamic Front, a coalition of Islamist rebels fighting the forces of President Bashar al-Assad on one hand, and Islamic State militants on the other. From their secret tunnels beneath the ancient city to their threatened frontline outposts in Aleppo's ruined medieval centre, VICE NEWS followed the Islamic Front as, against overwhelming odds, they battled to retain control of the capital of the Syrian revolution.

The fight for freedom of information has never been harder in America, so says the head of the Associated Press's bureau in Washington. She's written an article listing the main obstacles facing those trying to report without bias. Watch as RT's Gayane Chichakyan takes a closer look at the reporters' struggle.

The Pentagon says its bombing campaign in Iraq is costing taxpayers up to 10 million dollars a day. But according to a leading Washington-based think tank, the bill is even higher...much higher. Watch the video to see just how much bombing Iraq may actually cost.