President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name Xavier Becerra as his secretary of health and human services. Becerra, who Biden still has to officially announce as his pick, would be the first Latino to head the department. As The New York Times reports…
Despite the recent breakthroughs in vaccine development, it will take a couple of months at least before their impact will allow us to lower our guard and return to what resembles normalcy. In the meantime, it’s important to keep those most vulnerable …
After the wholesale price of food saw a slump during the coronavirus pandemic, the global FAO Food Price Index showed a steep increase in November. Food around the world was 5 percent pricier than the 2014-2016 average, on which the index baseline of 1…
Out of the eight countries with the highest share of inhabitants saying that they believe in man-made climate change, six are located in Europe. Greece had the highest share of respondents saying that climate change was happening and that humans were m…
The U.S. has experienced a soaring rate of coronavirus infections in recent weeks with the total number of new cases swiftly approaching 14 million. On Wednesday, it set a grim record, reporting 200,000 new Covid-19 cases in a single day. The number of…
When Americans started celebrating Thanksgiving in the 19th century, it was about cherishing the blessings of the year, particularly the year’s harvest. These days however, it appears as if many people spend the holiday thinking about what they might n…
Brazil’s environmental ministry has released preliminary figures showing that deforestation in the Amazon has hit its highest rate in a decade. The grim data comes amid concern about the policies of Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s president. Between Augu…
Millions of workers in the U.S. continue to stay home and conduct business remotely. With COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations still at unprecedented levels, many companies aren’t expecting to fully fill their office space until spring of next year. New…
The stock market ended November on a low note, with the Dow Jones index dropping roughly 270 points by the ring of the closing bell. Still, the total month saw another substantial increase in market gains, continuing a solid trend of growth heading int…
APAC nations and regional economies score high in a ranking by the World Bank that assesses the ease of doing business around the world. Four out of the five top contenders in the 2020 edition- New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea – are fr…
