According to the British press, the Metropolitan Police has established a special unit that will deal with aggressive behavior of users on the Internet and social networks. Police officials said that the unit’s main purpose is to fight against kindling national and religious hatred. However, human rights activists fear that such an initiative could restrict freedom of speech on the Internet. The...

In September, the European Commission will announce introduction of tighter requirements for online services such as WhatsApp and Skype. According to internal documents of the European regulator, which got at disposal of journalists from FT, the new rules supposed to bring the messengers into accordance with "standards of security and confidentiality" set in the EU. The European Commission (EC)...

Saudi Arabia is struggling with weak GDP growth, and trying to improve collection of taxes. Yet, condition of the country’s economy right now does not allow to pay a lot to employees, so thousands of workers from South Asia found themselves on tenterhooks. If a country cannot provide food for their migrant workers, it says a lot about its financial condition. Collapse in oil prices has forced...

The Prosecutor's Office of Ecuador will allow Swedish investigators to interrogate Julian Assange in the embassy in London, where WikiLeaks founder has been living since June 2012. The decision was made within an agreement on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters between states. Sweden accuses Julian Assange of rape, which he denies. Ecuador will allow Swedish investigators to question...

Once it became clear that Britain leaves the European Union, Germany decided to bring discipline in the "European family". Order, responsibility, strict compliance with all conditions, and work – those are the new rules for the European Union. At least that is what Germany, the union’ strongest player, thinks. According to the latest statistics from the European Union, Germany is the largest...

Despite the constant decrease in calorie intake, the number of obese people in the UK is increasing, reaching record levels. This is a pure phenomenon, and The United Kingdom’s Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) tried to explain it. The organization’s report showed that researchers, that watch calories intake, do not consider almost half of them, thus making it difficult to fight obesity at the...

Tickets for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are being sold not as fast as at the last Olympics. In addition, demand for air tickets and hotel rooms is too low due to a recession in Brazil, Zika virus epidemic and concerns about safety. By August 1, the organizers have sold only about 79% out of 6.1 million tickets for the Olympics. This is much less than final figures for the last two summer...

Some time ago, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe launched a policy of "womenomics", which suggests a greater participation of women in the economy. So far, however, the changes have not brought any significant results. According to statistics, 60% of Japanese women quit their jobs after birth of their first child. In many cases, there’s a good reason for this. Acute lack of jobs has long meant...

The political crisis in Brazil found a new lease of life a few days before opening of the Olympic Games. Now, final resignation of Dilma Rousseff as president is almost inevitable. Today, a special Senate committee is expected to support a report evincing involvement of Ms. Rousseff in corruption schemes and violations of the constitution. Her fate will be decided by the opening of the Paralympic...