When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United States in March 2020, forcing gyms to shutter and public transportation to suspend operation, millions of Americans re-discovered bicycles as a safe, socially-distanced form of physical exercise and transportat…
The best-selling EV may hail from the United States, but when it comes to uptake among the domestic population, the U.S. is trailing Europe by some distance. As this infographic using Statista Mobility Market Outlook data illustrates, Tesla has its big…
In many European cities, investments in bike infrastructure and public transportation systems have been successful in enticing commuters to ditch their cars in favor of buses, trains or bicycles. In Germany for example, 23 percent of commuters take the…
Even though the European Union has seen reductions in road deaths over the last few years, 19,000 people were still killed in road traffic accidents across all Member States in 2020. That equates to 42 road deaths per million inhabitants, a 17 percent …
Even though tendencies to grant Ukraine NATO membership have solidified over the course of Russia’s war with the Eastern European country after amending its constitution with the corresponding goal in 2019, two other European nations might skip ahead i…
Americans looking to buy a house are currently facing an almost perfect storm of unfavorable conditions. Not only is it hard to find a home, it is also increasingly hard to afford one. Historically high home prices combined with mortgage rates that are…
Mortgage rates in the United States continued their steep climb last week, adding to the woes of would-be home buyers that are already facing historically high prices and steep competition in the tight housing market. According to Freddie Mac, the aver…
Starting from an estimated revenue of $3.7 billion worldwide in 2019, crypto exchanges, neobrokers and NFT marketplaces have experienced a boom in the past two pandemic years. Even though the latter saw a meteoric rise in traffic and user count in 2021…
The Covid-19 pandemic was not kind on the bank balances of many Americans, especially those working in industries like travel and hospitality. On top of the last two year of struggle, the rising cost of living, driven by the Russian war with Ukraine an…
With the cost of living rising dramatically around the world in 2022, many households are starting to look nervously at their bank balance. After two years of a pandemic which proved particularly bruising for those working in certain industries, rising…