The US watchdogs keep searching for information about possible foreign interference in the election campaign of Donald Trump. The media reported that the counter money laundering department of Deutsche Bank in 2016 and 2017 demanded to check information on international financial transactions made by Donald Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. However, the bank’s management rejected this...

The White House launched a service in which users can complain about unfair deletion of their posts or blocking accounts in social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. Users of the social networks whose posts have been unfairly deleted or accounts have been blocked can complain about this in the new service of the White House. This was reported by The Verge. "Too many Americans are faced with...

The elections to the European Parliament, scheduled for May 23–26, during which 751 members of the EU legislature will be re-elected in the 28 EU member countries, will be the most difficult since the first European elections of 1979. For the first time in history, the voting will take place in a situation of complete uncertainty, considering that 73 mandates still belong to the UK. AT the same...

Investments in the global energy sector ceased to decline in 2018 after falling for three years in a row, and amounted to $ 1.85 trillion, which almost coincides with the figure in 2017, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). "In 2018, investments in the global energy sector stabilized at a level close to $ 1.85 trillion after three years of decline. The growth in investments in oil,...

Just a few days are left before transformation of a large part of Africa into a trade zone free from barriers and duties. This momentous event will occur on Thursday, May 30th. It will be the world’s largest free trade zone by the number of its member countries. The population of AfCFTA exceeds 1.2 billion people, and the total GDP of its member countries is about 2.5 trillion dollars. It is...

Human activity puts about a million species of plants, animals and other organisms under threat. According to scientists from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystems (IPBES), a sharp increase in human activities, urban growth, climate change, as well as growing emissions and waste can have a strong negative impact on biological diversity. The IPBES report...

The average level of employment in OECD countries exceeded 70%, which is a historical maximum, especially given stabilization of the number of working hours per employee. Employment growth provided a large share of GDP growth in this region after the 2008 economic crisis. New jobs, however, were created in sectors with low labor productivity, which led to a slowdown in its growth by half against...

The London Court stated that Julian Assange should spend 50 weeks in prison for violating the conditions of release on bail in 2012. The court will further consider the issue of the extradition of the founder of WikiLeaks in the United States. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for violating bail conditions. This decision was made by the Royal Court of Southwark,...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced abdication of Emperor Akihito. This news is not a sensation as the monarch announced his desire to leave the throne soon in 2016. After that, the country's parliament drafted a special law allowing Akihito to retire at will. World leaders have already expressed their appreciation to Emperor and promised to develop mutually beneficial...