World & Politics

Britain intends to cut the corporate tax rate down to 17% from the current 21% by 2020. Other estimates are speculative, - stated official representative of the British Prime Minister…

Les Echos, together with specialized service Statista, compiled a rating of the world’s highest-paid political leaders. The rating includes heads of the world's most influential states in 2016. Their incomes…

Standing Committee of the Chinese National Congress approved a new law on cyber-security, which will come into force in June 2017. The law, among other things, requires cooperation of providers…

France and China will create a fund for joint investments in foreign projects, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of France Jean-Marc Ayrault. This report emphasizes desire of China to invest…

Belgium has had a new round of negotiations to resolve a dispute over the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada (CETA), on the basis of which the parties…

Ireland offered to host headquarters of the European Banking Authority, EBA in Dublin instead of London, reports Financial Times.

French energy company Engie decided to close coal-fired power station in the Australian city of Hazelwood. The facility is believed to be the most polluting in the world. Cost of…

Authorities of Ecuador deprived WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of access to the Internet. This was done immediately after the website published a transcript of Hillary Clinton’s speech at a closed…

UK may still remain part of the EU even despite results of the referendum, say Morgan Stanley economists Jacob Nell and Melanie Baker.

During the last five years, analyst firm Geofeedia has had access to information about users of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. All this time, the company has sold obtained information to…

The FBI is investigating possible links to a recent leak of secret hacking tools used to break into the computers of adversaries such as Russia and China, and arrested a

A little-known energy company Caelus Energy announced discovery of a major offshore oil field in Alaska.

On Friday, French defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is arriving in New Delhi to put his signature under a contract for delivery of 36 Rafale fighter jets for the Indian…

Social entrepreneurship is gaining momentum around the world, and many experts are confirming that this sector is growing. Nevertheless, activities of social entrepreneurs remain a mystery for most people, which,…

Any conflicting visions over how the bloc should combat euroskepticism and the risk of a break-up were denied by the European Union’s top officials. Despite the two leaders offering diverging

European regulators want to oblige EU member states to reduce energy consumption by 30% by 2030, reported British media.

The European Commission adopted new rules governing operation of various instant messengers and online voice and video services, such as Skype, WhatsApp and Viber. These rules can be submitted as…

Many people dream about becoming a writer and publishing at least one book. Some of them converted writer’s craft into the main source of stable income. Here are the top…

US is preparing to sell 64 Boeing jet fighters to Qatar and Kuwait for $ 7 billion, Reuters reported with reference to several informed sources. The main obstacle for sealing…

Negotiations on The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the US and the European Union have failed. This was told by the Minister of Economy of Germany, Sigmar Gabriel.

France and Germany are demanding that European Commission adopts a law that would oblige messengers cooperate with secret services, and provide information about private correspondence of users. This, according to…

A venue will close down, facilities will be dismantled and the workforce will be reduced due to the deep budget cuts for the Paralympics which are scheduled to be held

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter once called India a "sleeping giant". The country takes 150th place in the ranking of the world teams, which is clearly not suitable for a…

Economist’s Intelligence Unit has made a rating of best cities to live in. This is Global Liveability Ranking, which evaluates 140 cities around the world in five categories. Six cities…

More than 1 million people visited Shanghai Disneyland in less than two months of the park’s work.

Donald Trump introduced his team of advisors on the economy. The US presidential candidate will be advised by 13 men, whose average income is at least "hundreds of millions of…

London authorities have decided to intensify police patrols due to the increased threat of terrorist attacks in Europe. Germany is taking a similar move and introducing military patrols for the…

The British government, led by Prime Minister Theresa May, announced a decision to postpone approval of a project on construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant until the autumn.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel did not respond to journalists' questions about whether she will run again for the post, Deutsche Welle reported on Thursday, July 28th.

EU officials have approved a new variety of genetically modified soybean, developed by US agricultural company Monsanto.

A poorly organized group supporting Islamic State (IS) and discussing terrorist acts during the next month’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has been identified and 10 people of the

Following a presumed Brazilian Islamist group that pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS) about less than three weeks before the Games, intelligence agency in Brazil said on Tuesday it was

A ceremony of awarding the best airlines in 2016 was held within the framework of the International Air Show in Farnborough (UK). The prize, which is considered ‘Oscar’ in the…