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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.

Tanks, weapon arsenals, ballistic missiles and now, nuclear material have been seized by ISIS Militants in Iraq. Experts claim its not enriched enough to make a nuclear bomb. Former security policy analyst Michael Maloof explains what ISIS can possibly do with its weapons booty.

The National Security Agency isn't the only American organization upsetting some Germans. The US Federal Reserve holds 45 percent of Germany's gold assets, and a plan to bring much of that back to its homeland is in jeopardy. Efforts to transport or even audit the billions of dollars worth of precious metal held by the US are being impeded by politics and the Fed itself, creating frustration for many of the plans supporters. RT's Peter Oliver reports from Berlin on what is holding up the process.

The World Gold Council is meeting today to try and come up with a new way of pricing the commodity. It comes as the London Bullion Market Association prepares to announce their plans to change the way silver is priced. Here's how the price of gold is currently fixed.

In an exclusive interview, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin discusses how he wants to bolster the use of the Euro in international transactions to counteract the dominance of the dollar.

Here's a look at the gold swap between Goldman Sachs and Ecuador, and why gold is once again moving back into the hands of Western control.

Toronto Mayor sat down with the CBC's Dwight Drummond in his first interview since leaving rehab. Here's Rob Ford's CBC interview.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin is meeting Russian diplomats to outline the future of Moscow's foreign policy. He has blamed turmoil in Ukraine on the country's newly-elected leader Petro Poroshenko and also criticized the West for its intention to turn the planet into "global barracks.

What is the biggest business in your home state? GM drives Michigan, the Keurig Green Mountain Coffee company brews best in Vermont, and Sands is luckiest in Nevada. Bloomberg's Yang Yang looks at the United Companies of America.

The bloodshed is fracturing Iraqi society, with the Kurd minority reportedly planing to hold an independence referendum in the coming months. As RT's Polly Boiko reports, some western energy companies are ready to cash in on the divisions and violence.

Despite President Obama's January speech limiting the scope of National Security Agency surveillance, a new Washington Post article outlines a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court could turn that notion on its head. The ruling allows the NSA to conduct surveillance on 193 countries around the world. Only four countries in the world are excluded from the ruling: Canada, Australia, Great Britain and New Zealand. RT Correspondent Meghan Lopez walks us through the latest revelations.

A look at why this Bank was seized, the outlook for gold and silver, and why stocks on the TSX and the TSX Venture are set to climb.

It may be legal to buy marijuana in 22 states, but growing pot is still against federal law. And yet, the US government grows some of the purest pot in the country, spending almost a million dollars a year on a contract with the University of Mississippi to grow cannabis and manufacture marijuana cigarettes. The UMiss farm is currently the only source in the US for legal marijuana for researchers, and the government currently gives it away to researchers who get all the right approvals.

The world's strongest bank certainly had humble beginnings. Bloomberg takes a look at the origins of Hang Seng Bank and how it made it to where it is today.

Iraq's capital Baghdad may -- for now -- be safe from the militants that overran the northern city of Mosul last week in a lightning fast advance. But after large-scale defections from an Iraqi Army that the U.S. largely built from scratch, Bloomberg's Willem Marx looks into America's spending on other country's militaries, in today's Big Question. Video by: Brian Kartagener

Pollution is rarely big news these days. You're more likely to hear about it in a history lesson on the Industrial Revolution. But many European cities are suffering as air pollution is becoming a serious problem. Bloomberg's Tom Gibson reports.

A look at the pipeline battle between the East and West and how the South Stream Pipeline project could cripple the Western regime.

By the end of this century, around half of the world's population will suffer from water scarcity. All according to UN estimates. The vital resource will become a main driver of regional and global conflicts, as demand for fresh water tripled over the past 5 decades. Watch to learn more.

In today’s “Global Outlook,” Helima Croft, a former strategist at the CIA, and Bloomberg's John Walcott discuss what the recent violence in Iraq means for the global economy. They speak with Trish Regan on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart."

In Iraq, radical Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda are reportedly planning to take Baghdad, after successfully advancing in the north. It's thought the governments now asked the US to carry out drone strikes against the insurgents. Marina Portnaya explains how that might mean Washington engaging against its own military hardware.