A sign of how Beijing could retaliate if President-elect Donald Trump upends decades of relations between the two nations is China's plan to punish a U.S. automaker accused of price-fixing.   A bedrock of U.S.-China ties that has underpinned the vast increase in trade and cooperation between...

Germany is trying to cope with the influx of migrants. However, the vanguard of discontented is seemingly overlooking one simple thing: migrants give the country what it needs, namely, children. In 2015, the birth rate in Germany rose to 1.5 children per woman, which is the peak of 33 years....

Rex Tillerson, Chairman of the Board and CEO of oil company ExxonMobil will be appointed New US Secretary of State. This is stated in a written statement released by team of US President-elect Donald Trump. The main intrigue associated with appointment of Mr. Tillerson is a question of how personal...

Four major cities of the world offer to refuse diesel cars and connect to eco cars by 2025. In 10 years, Paris, Mexico City, Madrid and Athens will ban all diesel cars and trucks, and all vehicles with the traditional type of fuel will be outlawed in those countries. Yet, it’s not clear yet whether...

North Korea’s export earnings would be slashed by some $800 million as the United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to impose new sanctions on North Korea for its fifth and largest nuclear test, diplomats said.   The new measures that are largely target the hermit Asian...

France and Great Britain are two countries in Europe that are at most risk to suffer from a shortage of electricity during this winter, especially in December or January, when a serious cold snap will come, Bloomberg writes. With availability of the French nuclear fleet Electricite de France SA to...

When it comes to Greece’s rescue programme, the authorities need to abide by the country’s commitments. Francesco Canepa reports that the Executive Board Member of ECB, Benoit Coeure, on Monday said, that the authorities of Greece requires to “stick to the terms of the country's rescue program”,...

Upcoming constitutional referendum in Italy is deemed to become one of the most important political events in Europe in 2016. There is less than a week before the vote, which will be held on December 4. The population, however, still has many misconceptions about possible consequences of the...

A review of 36 countries published by the European Commission and Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) finds that chronic disease, obesity, smoking, drugs and alcohol are cutting short the productive life of millions of Europeans.   The potential economic loss of...