Earlier this week, President Biden announced that the United States is on track to have enough vaccine supply for every adult by the end of May. Thanks in part to Merck’s help in manufacturing the recently approved Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the U.S. i…
As part of the chancellor’s 2021 Budget announcement today, Rishi Sunak and the accompanying Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts revealed the latest extent to which the UK is having to borrow to support the economy through the coronavirus pandem…
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the global real estate market, with buying, selling and leasing trends going up and down since restrictions began in early March of 2020. While there’s great optimism for a continued real estate boom in the U.S. and gl…
Carbon emissions fell drastically during 2020 as COVID-19 restrictions forced many to stay home and cut back on highly polluting transportation methods. The closing of office buildings around the world also played a key role in reducing emissions. Stil…
The $15 minimum wage is being left out of the upcoming COVID-19 stimulus relief package expected to be passed by Congress sometime this month. While it had a majority support from Americans and the dominant congressional party, enough pushback by Repub…
While countries in the European Union have been leaders in the movement toward renewable and clean energies, many have some of the highest per-capita carbon emission rates in the world. Easy access to carbon-emitting products like cars and the use of p…
A total of 5.6 percent of U.S. adults identified as LGBT in 2020, a new record high. Gen Z, newly added to the latest edition of a survey by Gallup, is the gayest generation in terms of self-identification. Almost 16 percent of those born between 1997 …
A report released by The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (known as SIGAR) has found that the United States wasted billions of dollars on capital assets such as buildings, motor vehicles and aircraft in Afghanistan. SIGAR conduc…
While mobile internet connections on 4G networks are quick enough for most average users, enabling them to stream HD video or download music, apps and games on the go, 5G, the next evolution of wireless networks, has already arrived and is expected to …
While the past decades have seen rapid urbanization in India and China, cities in Africa are growing fastest in the current one. In the first half of the 2020s, the U.N. Population Division expects 28 cities to grow at an average annual rate of more th…