While before the coronavirus pandemic, goods shipped between China and the U.S. via container ship took just over 40 days, hold-ups and delays have extended that time to upwards of 70 days in July, August and September of 2021. The delays are much long…
The Progressive Caucus within the Democratic Party, now taking up almost half of Democratic seats in the House, has been consistently pushing for President Joe Biden’s trillion-dollar social infrastructure bill to get passed, while two conservative Sen…
Faster chip, higher resolution, more ports: the new MacBook Pro by Apple will be available in store October 26. The highly anticipated machine will bring back MagSafe technology for its charger, while axing the unpopular Touch Bar and bringing back phy…
The car industry is one of the sectors most impacted by supply chain disruptions and global chip shortages cause by the coronavirus pandemic. This hasn’t stopped it from being under scrutiny for its role in climate change, whether due to the production…
On October 23, 2011, Libya was declared liberated from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, marking one of the key events of the Arab Spring. Ten years after the wave of pro-democracy protests swept the region, some countries have improved their scores on th…
The coronavirus pandemic has affected almost every aspect of daily life, from day-to-day consumption to political and societal course changes. One of the segments that largely experienced growth instead of a decline in 2020 is the short-term shared mob…
Latina women in the U.S. had to work all the way through 2020 and well into October 2021 to earn the equivalent of the 2020 wages of white, non-Hispanic U.S. men. October 21 marked Latina Equal Pay Day, the last in a row of equal pay days for different…
For the species considered to be the most advanced, humanity’s imprint on the world is minuscule – at least concerning its share in total biomass. As a report included in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from 2018 shows, huma…
India is preparing for Diwali and the festival is not only defined by lights, glitter and gold, but also by a shopping extravaganza. Online shoppers are expected to spend the equivalent of $9.2 billion this year, marking a recovery from the coronavirus…
Strong economic recovery following the lockdown era of the coronavirus pandemic has caused the price of goods and services to rise since the start of 2021 in many developed nations. Consumers catching up on spending coupled with persistent stock proble…