Category: General Interest

Four former chairs of the Federal Reserve have joined with leading economists from both major political parties to issue an unprecedented call for a carbon tax in the US. The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve or simply the Fed) is the central banking system..

Based on a recent report published by the United Nations, one-third of U.N. staff and contractors have experienced sexual harassment in the past two years. The United Nations is an international organisation founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States..

Theresa May’s last-ditch attempt to shore up her Brexit deal appeared doomed, as Conservative Eurosceptic MPs threatened to humiliate the UK prime minister and plunge Britain’s future relationship with Europe into doubt. On June 23rd, 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union…

Huawei Technologies Co. recently fired its sales director on charges of espionage conducted on behalf of China. He was reported to have been arrested in Poland. Poland is Huawei’s headquarters for Central and Eastern Europe. Huawei is a Chinese technology company based in Shenzhen that manufactures…

The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell has issued a warning about the economic costs of the ongoing government shutdown. President Trump is not backing down from his demand for the border wall funding and is prepared to impose a national emergency to fulfil his campaign…

The Japanese government is planning to buy a southwestern island, regarded as a candidate U.S. military training site, by the March end of the current fiscal year, government sources said. The relationship between Us and Japan began in the late 18th and early 19th century, with the diplomatic but force-backed missions of U.S. ship…

The Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein who oversees the federal investigation against Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election is set to leave the Department of Justice in a matter of weeks. Rod Rosenstein has been serving as the United States Deputy Attorney General since 2017. Before his current appointment…

The US Senate Democrats have blocked the action on the new Syrian sanctions bill. They said they would not vote to consider the penalties until the chamber takes up legislation to open the closed government agencies. The US government has imposed a series of sanctions on Syria. Many of these…

Many thousands of Hungarians marched through central Budapest, voicing anger at their right-wing government and its recent controversial policies. Hungary, a country located in Central Europe became a democratic parliamentary republic on October 23rd 1989. This marked the…

Hackers have leaked the personal data of hundreds of German politicians, journalists and celebrities. This is reported to be one of the worst cyber security breaches in Germany. A cyberattack is any type of offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems, infrastructures…