On average, 46% of the world’s citizens assessed the situation in their country's economy as "good", the American research center Pew Research Center reports in its new report. In 17 developed countries, whose residents took part in the survey center, the share of those positively perceiving the state of the economy exceeds the number of pessimists and reaches 51%. The highest rate was recorded...

The US health system found itself in a deep crisis, which can be divided into three key sectors. First, the current format of the health system is too expensive for most Americans. The situation is the worst for the poor. Frankly speaking, it is good only for the rich who can afford any kind of treatment. Thus, tens of millions of Americans, too young for Medicare, cannot afford private health...

Increasingly more countries are making their claims to the Arctic territories. Let’s take off the table countries directly related to the Arctic and border on the waters of the Arctic Ocean as they have their own fights. Apart from them, there are other interesting strategies - in particular, Chinese, Japanese and South Korean. China The People's Republic of China wants to take full advantage...

Virtually no one could foresee that this would happen. Late on Sunday, countries of the Persian Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia, including Egypt, shook the world, saying that they broke off relations and closed the border with one of the richest countries of the Gulf, Qatar. Qatar is already a former member of the Council for Cooperation of the Gulf States, so this event could well be called a...

Last week, the European Commission (EC) Deputy Chairman Valdis Dombrovskis and the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs Pierre Moscovici presented an analytical report in Brussels. The paper introduces a draft of a large-scale reform of the euro area until 2025. The brightest of the proposals is creation the euro area’s own budget, the Ministry of Finance and the European...

The United States' decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement caused a sharp negative reaction in the world. President Donald Trump's policy in other countries was called a "mistake about the future of the whole planet", a "real slap in the face" for those who developed a "good and efficient agreement", and even "a betrayal of Mother Earth." Mr. Trump himself, however, argues that the...

The Governor of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Rosselo, published a spending plan of $ 9.6 billion. According to the paper, a fifth of the island state’s budget will be allocated to pay civil servants, as pension funds may lose all funds in July, Bloomberg reports. This is the first budget of the US-dependent territory, since the federal supervisory board has received ample powers to review its expenses...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's fight with the hidden income of Indian citizens over the past year has contributed to the growth of the number of new taxpayers: they have increased by 9.1 million. This number is almost equivalent to the population of Austria. In November last year, the government of Moody invalidated 86% of the currency in an attempt to crack down on black cash and...

The number of people living in the British capital with a fortune of at least $ 30 million rose again and reached 4,549 people in the last year. According to a study conducted by Verdict.co.uk and WealthInsight, London's closest rival, Tokyo, boasts only 3,611 multimillionaires. Despite the fact that last year the British voted for the withdrawal of their country from the European Union and many...