Out of all countries with more than 25 daily average deaths from COVID-19, the death toll rose quickest in India over the last 14 days. New deaths rose by 168 percent on the subcontinent, which now counts an absolute number of more than 200,000 COVID-1…

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Google’s parent company Alphabet shattered its first quarter sales record in 2021, as its advertising business continues to flourish amid the pandemic. The search giant reported revenue of $55.3 billion for the first three months of 2021, blowing past …

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According to the latest report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), global defense spending grew to just under $2 trillion in 2020, a 2.6 percent increase on 2019 in real terms. That growth occurred in a year where global GD…

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Location is famously everything when it comes to real estate, but as data from the Statista Global Consumer Survey shows, it’s not just the price which is affected by where property is located. As this infographic shows, there are stark differences bet…

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Brazil is forecast to be the biggest exporter of beef and veal in the world in 2021. Despite alreading being the biggest exporter of the meat, Brazil was also one of the countries growing its exports the strongest, together with Argentina and Canada.Wh…

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The United States is the country producing the most beef in the world by some margin. This is according to forecasts for 2021 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Agriculture Organization. The country is expected to produce 12.6 milli…

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On July 11, 1987, the world population passed the five billion mark – since then the figure has risen steadily to 7.9 billion in 2021. The UN expects the world’s population to grow to 10.9 billion by 2100.According to the International Monetary Fund, t…

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India recorded another 320,000 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday as the country struggles to cope with a deadly surge of the disease. Hospitals in Delhi and many other cities have run out of beds and oxygen and patients are being turned away. Countries ha…

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After a year where the pandemic devastated the film industry, the number of TV viewers watching the Academy Awards collapsed to an all-time low, according to Nielsen data. The event’s viewership has fallen every year since 2015 with one exception in 20…

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According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, in 2020 U.S. defense spending outstripped that of China, India, Russia, UK, Saudi Arabia, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, Italy and Australia combined. When it comes to spending as…

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