The Chinese authorities have decided to abandon the one-child policy. All families are now allowed to have two children, reports the agency "Xinhua". This decision was made during the last plenum of the Communist Party of China at Beijing. Leaders of the Communist Party also announced their intention to take measures to combat population aging and eradicate poverty in the country by 2020. In...

The US Senate approved a resonance bill on cybersecurity (Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, CISA), what caused criticism of a number of Internet giants - in particular, Apple, Google, Facebook and Microsoft. The document provides additional protection to companies, which voluntarily decided to share data on cyber threats to government agencies. Opponents of the law argue that it can be used...

According to Greek and British press, former Minister of Finance of Greece Yanis Varoufakis, whose actions put the country on the brink of economic disaster, estimates his lectures for $ 60 thousand. Yanis Varoufakis is believed to be the man who nearly brought the country to economic collapse. One of the ideologists of the ultra-left party "Syriza", he was given the post of Minister of Finance...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized for the incorrect use of intelligence in the preparation of operations in Iraq in 2003. Then he claimed that Iraq had chemical weapons, which can be powered for 45 minutes. Mr. Blair also admitted some connection between the emergence of Islamic State and the war in Iraq. At the same time, former Prime Minister said that he cannot apologize for...

Islamic State gets up to $ 50 million per month by selling oil from the fields located in the controlled territory in Syria and Iraq - reported Iraqi intelligence. These findings are consistent with the estimates of American experts, said the agency Associated Press. Oil revenues are a major source of funding for Islamic State militants, which not only protects the infrastructure of oil...

Argentina has completed a 12-year era of the reign of the family Kirchner. On Sunday, the country's holding the presidential elections, a favorite of which is Ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli. As a colleague of President Cristina de Kirchner, he goes into elections with slogan "Go on with changes." By changes he means normalization of relations with the United States. The main Scioli’s...

The Indian capital New Delhi held “car-free day”. The South China Morning Post reports that the Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal rode through the streets on a bicycle, accompanied by hundreds of officials. - Residents must leave their cars and use public transport. Since Delhi is becoming more polluted, people need to run and ride a bicycle. In addition, it is good for health - said...

The increasingly dramatic situation with the Balkan route of refugees makes European nations convene an emergency summit. On Sunday, the Heads of States and Governments will be meeting in Brussels to discuss urgent measures to overcome the crisis. 3,500 refugees spent Wednesday night in the open air at Serbo-Croatian border as Croatia has temporarily closed its border. First of all, the situation...

Over the last week, US President Barack Obama spoke twice by telephone with President Tayyip Erdogan. The first call was to express the condolences over the terrorist attack in Ankara. The second – offer sympathies in connection with its Syrian policy (although the Turkish government is still stubbornly refusing to fit the cap on). According to knowledgeable sources close to the White House,...