The Minister of Transport of France, Élisabeth Borne, announced her intention to introduce an environmental tax on all flights of aircraft departing from France starting from 2020. Borne told about this at a press conference on Tuesday, July 9. The amount of tax that will be included in the price...

The latest decision of Iran to violate the 2015 nuclear accord by exceeding the allowable levels of uranium enrichment according to accord has not been taken well by European powers who have urged Tehran to reverse that decision. The European powers, some of which were also signatories to the 2015...

In order to battle with the highest recorded rate of terrorism, Singapore is going to prep its armed forces in a “smart” environment. Singapore earmarks nearly “S$400 million” which is equivalent to “$296 million” for creating a “next-generation smart training facility” to prepare the country’s...

San Francisco could be counted among the first of the cities on the U.S. to vote in favour of banning Juul and other vaporizers sale. The city awaits a signed ordinance to see the legislation take effect. Ithough San Frani makes the “most popular e-cigarette brand” in America, while the officials...

A few days after a meeting between the United State president Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the rouge nation accused the US of being “obsessed with sanctions” and of being “more and more hell-bent on hostile acts” targeted against it. These were said by a mission of...

Italy avoided the threat of disciplinary action from the EU by convincing the European Commission that the new measures introduced this week will help bring the country's growing debt in line with the budget rules of the bloc, reports Reuters. The European Commission said that at this stage the...

US President Donald Trump has signed a bill to allocate $ 4.6 billion to solve problems with immigrants at the US-Mexico border, the Associated Press reported. “This is a humane solution to a huge problem that started because of our bad immigration laws,” Trump said. Democratic lawmakers were...

Even as the United States is attempting to rope in NATO to create an anti-Tehran coalition, US president Donald Trump’s claim that even if there was to be a war with Iran it would be a short one, was summarily dismissed by Iran's foreign minister.   "'Short war' with Iran is an illusion,"...

San Francisco became the first US city to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes. The relevant decree was issued in the city council on June 26. The council voted to ban sale of electronic cigarettes until a special marketing authorization was obtained from the Federal Food and Drug Administration...