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Welcome to North Korea where you have to follow your guide’s instructions and only take pictures of what we say. To some the people are repressed, though they prefer to describe themselves as "protected," at least on camera. Life here is the result of a unique 70-year social experiment in which the people are "shielded" from the "corrupting influence" of the outside world. Dynastic leader Marshal Kim Jong-un, who inherited the job from his father and grandfather, continues their political heritage. An RTD film crew was granted rare access to this unique country, which may seem to have leapt from the pages of a dystopian novel, to see what life is really like and what the people really think of their homeland and its leader.

The Canadian dollar today sank to its lowest level in five years as Saudi Arabia moved to slash its price for the type of oil used in much of North America to its lowest level since September 2010.

S&P Capital IQ's Sam Stovall discusses what the midterm elections mean for financial markets on Bloomberg Television's Election 2014 special with Pimm Fox.

The World Health Organization has promised millions of Ebola vaccine doses will be ready by the end of 2015, but warns they're not a magic bullet solution. The virus has already killed nearly 5,000 people. So there's demand for a cure - and a quick one. One vaccine was actually created a decade ago - but spent all that time on the shelf.

Vladimir Putin criticized the West for "sawing at branches" with sanctions against Russia and releasing a "genie in a bottle" with color revolutions. RT looks at the Russian President's best quotes from his speech in Sochi.