World & Politics

London remains the largest financial center of the world

London remains on the first place in the list of the largest financial centers of the world, despite the decision of the UK to leave the EU. This is stated…
Published on March 27, 2018
By Iris Barker

Scores Of Russian Diplomats Expelled By U.K. Allies In EU And U.S. In A Mark Of Solidarity

In an unprecedented act of solidarity with the United Kingdom on the issue of the alleged poisoning of a former Russian double spy and his daughter in the U.K., Russian
Published on March 26, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

CO2 emissions in the world rose for the first time in three years

Global CO2 emissions from energy production jumped by 1.4% in 2017, or up to 32.5 gigatons. This is the first increase in the last three years. This fact indicates that…
Published on March 26, 2018
By Iris Barker

Ten world’s largest importers of weapons

Almost half of the US arms exports go to the Middle East countries. In particular, Saudi Arabia is one of the largest importers of American weapons. However, if you look…
Published on March 21, 2018
By Iris Barker

Christine Lagarde: there’s no winner in trade wars

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde said that no one wins in the trade war and that the macroeconomic impact of import tariffs in the US…
Published on March 7, 2018
By Iris Barker

10 best countries for freelancers

As technologies are developing, people are increasingly thinking about working exclusively for themselves. Freelancers work in a variety of areas, and this allows them to regulate the pace and volume…
Published on March 2, 2018
By Iris Barker

Alarming Concerns Or Driving Force Towards Green Energy? – Bitcoin Growth Comes At Environmental Cost

Analysts’ estimates of bitcoin’s energy consumption indicate that the environment, already taxed by climate change, is being over burdened.
Published on February 27, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee

Catalan authorities refuse to greet the King of Spain

On February 25, the King of Spain, Felipe VI, visited this autonomy for the first time since the beginning of the political crisis in Catalonia. Local residents met him at…
Published on February 26, 2018
By Iris Barker

Ten Top Politicians To Be Investigated By Greek Parliament On Charges Of Taking Bribes From Novartis

Ten of the top politicians in Greece would be investigated by the country’s parliament on charges that huge amounts of money were accepted by them as bribes from the French
Published on February 25, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

The cloudy future of Saudi Arabia

Soon, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muhammad bin Salman will head the delegation to America in hope to raise a large volume of US investment in the high-tech sphere…
Published on February 23, 2018
By Iris Barker

Australia To Welcome Britain On The Latter’s Interest In Joining TPP

Britain sees entering TPP as a possibility post Brexit, while Australia is happy with the news and could seek a “free trade agreement with Britain”.
Published on February 19, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee

South African President Zuma Finally Resigns, New President To Be Elected Soon

South African President Jacob Zuma finally resigned from his position after continued pressure from his party, the African National Congress. The A.N.C. had effectively forced Mr. Zuma to resign from
Published on February 15, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

13 countries with the best healthcare system

The London-based research institute The Legatum Institute published its annual, already 11th, index of prosperity, in which the most prosperous countries in the world were named.The experts compared the countries…
Published on February 15, 2018
By Iris Barker

France is coming closer to Iran

France will continue to encourage its companies to develop their business more actively in Iran. This is happening despite the uncertainty surrounding the 2015 nuclear deal, which put the world…
Published on February 8, 2018
By Iris Barker

India-Russia Develops Supersonic Missile Which Could Raise Concerns In China

The world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile is being claimed to have been developed by BrahMos Aerospace which is a joint venture between Indian and Russia. And for the second largest
Published on February 8, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

Yet another serious political risk for Europe: Italian elections coming soon

The campaign for parliamentary elections is gaining momentum In Italy. Today, the website of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the country should publish lists of candidates for getting into…
Published on February 8, 2018
By Iris Barker

Seven Weeks Time Period , Says Theresa May, For Agreement On Brexit Transition Deal

Alling concerns that a Brexit transition period would take a long time to reach, British Prime Minister Theresa May said that it would be seven weeks that the U.K. and
Published on February 7, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

Germany on the brink of political chaos

The Germans do not understand why there is no new government in Germany, while there has been almost 4 months after the election. The problem is that German Chancellor Angela…
Published on February 6, 2018
By Iris Barker

Trump Administration Consents To Collaborate With Congress On The Matter Of Democrats’ Memo Release

Administration is ready to “accommodate oversight requests” keeping up the standards put in place in a collaborative venture.
Published on February 3, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee

The second day of mass strikes starts in Germany

Industry workers in Germany started the second day of 24-hour strikes due to salary issues and working hours, which affected many companies, including Volkswagen and Ford.
Published on February 1, 2018
By Iris Barker

Trump asks lawmakers to support “right to try”

The legislation is aimed at providing access to experimental medicines to terminally ill patent as well as immunity to physicians administering them.
Published on January 31, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee

Brexit will lead to higher energy prices in Britain

The decision by the UK to withdraw from the European Union could lead to higher energy prices and a shortage of energy resources if the country fails to achieve acceptable…
Published on January 29, 2018
By Iris Barker

China aims at Arctic

China intends to extend its New Silk Route project to the Arctic territory for the development of new navigable routes, which appeared as a result of global warming, Reuters writes.
Published on January 26, 2018
By Iris Barker

The EU will pay for an energy grid between Spain and France

The European Union must provide 578 million euros to build a transmission line to deliver excess electricity from Spain to France, a source in the European Union said.
Published on January 25, 2018
By Iris Barker

Eurogroup to allocate 6.7 billion euros to Greece

Greece in 2018 will become a "normal country of the euro area" and will leave the program of external financial assistance, said European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre…
Published on January 23, 2018
By Iris Barker

Failure Of Last Ditch Effort To Secure Funding Results In A Partial Shutdown Of US Government

In what turned out to be a chaotic end to the first year as U.S. President for Donald Trump, the U.S. Government went into a partial shut down following the
Published on January 20, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

About 700,000 U.S. Twitter Users Reacted To Kremlin-Linked Trolls, Says Twitter, To Inform Users Directly

Twitter is getting ready to make about 700,000 if its users in the U.S. aware that they had either followed or retweeted or liked posts that were linked to a
Published on January 20, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

2017 Was Second Warmest Year Since Records Were Kept And It Had No El Nino Effect

2017 was the second warmest year for Earth ever since records had been kept according to multiple reports of environment and other agencies. Ever since modern recordkeeping began in 1880,
Published on January 19, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

France and Germany want to reform the eurozone

France and Germany want to achieve a common position on the reform of the Eurozone, including the convergence of taxes, capital markets and the banking union, between March and June…
Published on January 19, 2018
By Iris Barker

Take and go away: new approach to refugees in Europe

Germany's proposal to pay about 1 thousand euros to individual asylum seekers and 3 thousand euros to refugee families for voluntary return to their homeland provoked condemnation and approval simultaneously.
Published on January 17, 2018
By Iris Barker

Both The Korean Countries Will Come Together In Olympic Talks

Fears have eased, while the news of both the Korean countries collaborating for the winter Olympics could result in a common women’s ice-hockey team.
Published on January 15, 2018
By Debaleena Bhattacharjee

Parties of Germany agreed on the migrants problem

Future partners in the parliamentary coalition in Germany reached agreement on the law on attracting qualified immigrants. The German media reported that it is bringing the parties closer to the…
Published on January 10, 2018
By Iris Barker

Munich Re: Natural disasters caused record damage in 2017

According to Munich Re insurance group, last year brought a record number of major natural disasters, which led to the most serious economic losses.
Published on January 8, 2018
By Iris Barker

High-Level Talks To Be Held Between North And South Korea In Over Two Years

A dialogue between North and South Korea is all set to start after a gap of over two year, according to sources quoted in media reports. The border village of
Published on January 5, 2018
By Debdutta Ghosh

Sexually Abusing Children Interests An Estimated 20,000 British Men, Shows Police Monitoring Of Chat Sites

In a startling revelation, the police chief in charge of child protection in the U.K. says the sexual abuse children is a subject of interest for tens of thousands of
Published on December 30, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

2018 Could See An Increase In Terror Attacks Where Both ISIS As Al-Qaeda Continue To Present Threats

While it may be said that the “caliphate” is in ruins, it doesn’t mean that ISIS does not exist anymore. Experts say that the conviction of the ISIS to strike
Published on December 29, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

What will happen to European populism in 2018?

The establishment can breathe a sigh of relief, looking back at the political events in Europe in 2017. Yet, it's too early to celebrate the victory just now.
Published on December 28, 2017
By Iris Barker

Events This Year In Asia Proves How Dangerous ‘Fake News’ Can Be

Hate speech, stereotypes and propaganda have been bolstered in Asia by the spread misinformation and disinformation be it the Myanmar’s Rohingya crisis or the Philippine drug war or the Indonesian
Published on December 26, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

Five cities with the most affordable elite housing

Imagine that a New Year's miracle happened and you have $ one million dollars in your pocket. Where would you like to buy a home? And where would you be…
Published on December 25, 2017
By Iris Barker

Women To Be Inducted In Turkish Army For Combat Positions, Fight Terrorists And Defend Borders

Turkey has decided to recruit 8.000 women gendarmes for combat positions who would also be delegated boarder control duties in the Turkish army. Turkey has suffered from both internal and
Published on December 23, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

10 richest countries in the world

The International Monetary Fund conducted a study in October 2017 and identified countries with the highest GDP per capita.Many of the countries that are among the richest in the world…
Published on December 22, 2017
By Iris Barker

Elections in Catalonia and a new wave of the crisis in Spain

On Thursday, the citizens of Catalonia will go to the polls, which are considered the last test of moods in the region. Now, results of the polls show that the…
Published on December 21, 2017
By Iris Barker

U.S. Officially Blames North Korea For The Global Cyber Attack By WannaCry

The United States has officially blamed North Korea to be behind the WannaCry computer worm attach that impacted and crippled more than 230,000 computers in over 150 countries. This acknowledgement
Published on December 20, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

Legislators of Greece adopted the budget for 2018

Greek lawmakers adopted the country's budget for 2018 by a majority vote. The budget will be the last in the conditions of the rescue program, because of which the country…
Published on December 20, 2017
By Iris Barker

Monitoring Citizens Main Reason For North Korea To Allow Use Of Smartphone By Citizens

In North Korea, owning a mobile phone is viewed as a status symbol as the devices become more common place in this secretive country. But people in North Korea are
Published on December 18, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

Phase Two Of Brexit Talks, Announced On Friday, Would Be Tough, Analysts Say

Tarde talks and the transition period will primarily feature in the second round of Brexit negotiations between UK and EU and it was formally announced by the EU leaders on
Published on December 15, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh

Elections in Italy: the last chance of Eurosceptics?

After elections in Germany, France and Great Britain, held this year in Europe, another dizzying election in the fourth largest economy will be held in the region in 2018.
Published on December 14, 2017
By Iris Barker

15 countries with the highest level of organized crime

The World Economic Forum recently published its annual Global Competitiveness Report, in which countries are ranked by a number of parameters. Organized crime in the country was one of them.…
Published on December 8, 2017
By Iris Barker

Athens agreed with international lenders

Greece and its international creditors reached a preliminary agreement on the measures to be taken by Athens, thus paving the way for a payment of about 5 billion euros ($…
Published on December 4, 2017
By Iris Barker

EU Pressure Reportedly Forces UK To Bow Down, Could Agree To Pay £50bn For Brexit Divorce

UK has agreed to bow down of EU pressure in regards to more payment for Brexit as it is keen to bring France and Germany to start the negotiations on
Published on November 29, 2017
By Debdutta Ghosh