The Brexit headwinds are hitting both the UK and the EU economies almost equally as hard, but the continent has a major advantage in the standoff – the vast labour resources and industrial capacity of Eastern Europe.
In his book, "The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the Twenty-first Century", the American political scientist George Friedman predicts the year when the Third World War will break out. He also makes other interesting predictions.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the threats and challenges to North Korea would only worsen the situation, adding that the attempts to determine Pyongyang to stop its nuclear missile program through sanctions are „misguided and futile".
When scientists seek to understand the Earth's climate, they look to the past – previous, analogous episodes in the planet's environmental history are an informative guide to what to expect from current conditions. A new paper authored by an international team examines the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, and offers some troubling conclusions.
Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that same sex marriage is not a right, rejecting the Israeli Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Association’s argument that same sex marriage should be allowed under the country’s Basic Law of Human Dignity and Liberty.