Cancer research, meat alternatives and smart home technologies are among the major developments of our time. But which countries are world leaders in research and development, patent activity, high-tech density and everything that comes with fostering …
The Economist Democracy Index rates countries on the state of their governing system each year. In the latest installment published today, 23 countries in the world were rated as “full democracies,” including all Scandinavian countries, several Western…
Aside from reporting another blowout quarter, Amazon also dropped a bombshell on Tuesday, announcing that its founder and CEO Jeff Bezos will transition to the role of Executive Chair in Q3 2021. Bezos, whose stake in Amazon has made him the richest ma…
Super Bowl LV is less than a week away, and many are pegging the championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a classic battle of old versus new. Former New England Patriot and 43-year-old quarterback Tom Brady leads the…
Some while ago, precious rare earths important in the production of microchips, electronics and electric motors were almost exclusively sourced in China. In recent years, several nations have picked up production again while new players entered the mar…
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a prominent civil rights group, has released its annual census documenting American hate groups. Even though 2020 proved one of the most politically divisive years in U.S. history with conspiracy theories and white nati…
Worldwide cancer drug sales are already way ahead of those of other drugs and the revenue generated by them is expected to grow even larger by 2026. This is according to a report recently released by consultancy Evaluate, which analyses trends in the p…
Nearly 17 years ago, on February 4, 2004, then-19-year old Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg, along with some of his classmates, launched a little website called Thefacebook.”Thefacebook is an online directory that connects people through social networks…
Ryanair is far from alone in having experienced a terrible 2020 in the aviation sector, but the latest quarterly figures released this week do paint a particularly bleak picture. The losses, €306 million in the three months ending 31 December, led the …
A new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit shows that depending on where you live, the road to national inoculation protection against COVID-19 might still be a long one. The report shows that in many locations it will take years before a majority…
