US duties on Chinese goods totaling $ 200 billion will be raised from 10 to 25% on Friday from 00:01 Washington time, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer told reporters. He noted that the increase in duties was caused by China’s attempts to revise the trade agreement draft. "During the last...

Jyrki Katainen demanded from Warsaw a more substantial contribution to the future of Europe. Poland should stop treating the European Union as a money making mechanism. Warsaw should make a more substantial financial contribution to the community, said European Commission Vice President Jyrki...

According to the Influence Map report, the five largest oil companies are BP, Shell, Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Total. From 2015 until today, they have spent one billion euros to block or weaken climate change legislation. At the same time, they are in favor of switching to alternative energy...

US President Donald Trump and those close to him filed a lawsuit against Capital One and Deutsche Bank, NBC News reported. Intelligence and Financial Services Committees of the US House of Representatives have requested information about Trump's finances and the business of these banks with Russia....

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was pressed by the U.S. President Donald Trump to force Japanese auto companies to increase production of vehicles in greater numbers in the US.   A readout of the recent meeting between the two leaders provided by the U.S. ambassador to Japan on Saturday...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said that in the next ten years Iraq will become the world's third-largest producer of "new oil" on the market and the fourth-largest oil producer in the world. Thus, Iraq will come close to the top three world leaders in oil production (the United States,...

Reuters journalists found that gold worth tens of billions of dollars was illegally exported from Africa every year and the volume of smuggling is constantly growing. The precious metal enters world markets mainly through the UAE. Reuters investigation, called the New Gold Rush, found that...

Currently, environmental related issues gain more people’s attention in Australia as it climbs three spots in the rank of concerns for citizens in comparison to the previous voting session. According to a poll, the environmental conditions seem to be the biggest hurdles faced by the voters of...

Taiwanese tech giant Foxconn’s Chairman Terry Gou wants to run for the presidential elections in the country in 2020 even as the global media carried reports about the possibility of the company leader stepping down as the chief of the largest contract manufacturer of the world.   While no...