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The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa has claimed the lives of 729 people so far. Dr. Ben Neuman of Reading University explains to Bloomberg why an old disease is so deadly.

UNICEF says 181 kids have been killed in the Gaza conflict so far. And more than a thousand injured. But the CBC's Paul Hunter has found that the toll is more than physical. Watch and see for yourself.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is deadlier than any in recorded history, infecting 1200 people and killing 672 so far. Bloomberg looks at what makes this epidemic so dangerous and what the U.S. is doing to stop it. Video by: Alexandra Dean, Josh Block, Henry Bernstein, Alan Jeffries

Privacy watchdogs are in uproar following revelations the U.S. government may have been behind a recent Facebook experiment. Marina Portnaya reports.

As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, many are now scrutinizing the nation’s relationship with the US. The largest single supplier of military equipment, Washington provided as much as 95 percent of the weaponry in Israel’s arsenal as recently as 2009. RT’s Marina Portnaya breaks down the numbers to explain the relationship.

Five of the world's biggest growing economies are fighting back against the Dollar. Here's what happens when nations unite: The BRICS Development Bank

Paul Floyd, a military analyst at Stratfor, discusses the crash of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 with Mark Crumpton and Tom Keene.

The United States continues to become increasingly more aggressive with Sanctions toward Russia. Here are some of the new sanctions against Russia, including sanctions against one of the world's largest energy firms.

British intelligence has a wide diversity of tools for cyber-spying and data manipulation. That's what's been revealed in a document, recently leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden. Social network accounts are no longer private. Agents can access data, even hidden, and disable the page if they find it suspicious.

The emerging economies signed a long-anticipated document to create a $100 billion BRICS Development Bank. The institution will counter the influence of Western lending firms as well as the dollar.

Vladimir Putin is in Cuba's capital to start a week-long tour of Latin-American - his longest foreign tour since returning to the Kremlin in 2012. Ahead of the journey he gave an interview in which he insisted that in today's globalized world - no state or group of countries can tackle international problems by themselves. RT's Aleksey Yaroshevsky is following the President, to see what South America and Russia have to offer each other.

How Does the Fed Influence the Stock Market? This week, Ivan Lo talks about how the Fed influences the stock market and how central banks, such as Japan, directly influence stock prices.