The protection of objects in Vienna, where unknown persons staged shooting in six places in the city, will move from police to the armed forces. The police will take decisive action against those responsible for "this terrible terrorist attack," Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said. Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz said it was a "horrific terrorist attack" in connection with the Vienna...

After a Pandemic Summit on the situation in the EU, the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said that the health system and hospitals in the union’s countries were exhausted by the second wave of the novel coronavirus. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the EC, reported that the commission has allocated EUR 220M to ensure the safe transport of patients in medical facilities in...

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has announced his country's plans to reach zero carbon footprint by 2050. Two days earlier, Japanese authorities had announced a similar initiative. Speaking to Parliament, the South Korean president said: “Together with the international community, we are committed to actively combat climate change and aim to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050”. To this...

France is not going to boycott Turkish goods in response to statements by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Foreign Trade Minister Franck Riester. "This is not on the agenda at all. We will not act as Turkey does today," said the Minister on Radio RTl. Radio Europe 1 had previously reported, citing sources, that France was working on a response to Turkey. "After calls for a boycott,...

Once again, the US has blocked nomination of new judges to the World Trade Organisation ( WTO) appeals court. Around the same time, Washington lodged an appeal against the arbitrators' ruling, which found that the $234 billion rise in US tariffs on Chinese imports was unjustified. The USA appealed the ruling of the World Trade Organization court of arbitrators on China's allegation on the...

A large-scale analysis on attitudes towards democracy through different generations was carried out by the Center for the Study of Democracy of the University of Cambridge. The millennial generation turned out to be the most dissatisfied in democracy. The authors suggest that in many nations, the disappointment arose from a wave of populism.  The researchers went through 3,500 surveys,...

Analysts have rated countries with the best and worst pension systems. The pension systems of the Netherlands and Denmark were recognised as the most reliable, with Argentina and Thailand taking the last place. Because of the pandemic, residents of these and other countries will have to work longer and expect lower payments in their old age. Consulting company Mercer and the CFA Institute have...

China has warned the US that American citizens may be detained in China in response to the detention of Chinese researchers in August, The Wall Street Journal writes with reference to sources. According to the sources, since the summer of this year Beijing officials have repeatedly made relevant statements through various channels, including the U.S. Embassy in China. "Chinese government...

Global greenhouse gas emissions fell by about 8.8% in the first half of this year, which is a record high since the 2008 crisis, the 1979 oil shock and World War II. This was announced on Wednesday by the press service of the Potsdam Institute for the Study of Climate (PIK) with reference to an article in Nature Communications magazine. “The largest emission reductions were associated with the...