207 new COVID-19 cases in a day might sound like good news to most governments, but in the case of Taiwan, the number triggered the tightest restrictions of the pandemic so far. Movie theaters and other entertainment venues were ordered shut, while gat…
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumer (CPI-U), a closely watched measure of inflation in the United States, has shot up in its April reading, with both the broad CPI for all items and the core CPI excluding food and energy prices up significa…
Users of the WhatsApp messaging service have until May 15 to accept its updated privacy policy. If they don’t, they risk living a “WhatsApp Lite” life as WhatsApp will gradually stop you from calling or messaging contacts.The new privacy policy was ori…
The underreporting of COVID-19 deaths has been in the spotlight in India as local governments’ reporting practices have come under scrutiny in several media publications. Newly released analysis from the University of Washington suggests that while the…
Amazon really is a money machine. According to a report by CNBC, the online retailer generates revenues of more than $800,000 every single minute.Other GAFAM companies trail somewhat behind. Closest to the Amazon money-making machine are Apple’s earnin…
The latest once-in-a-decade census data from the National Statistics Bureau of China (NBS) shows that China’s population growth has slowed down considerably while the birth rate has also fallen sharply. NBS data reported by China Macro Economy shows th…
Could Japan cancel Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus? Recent comments from a high-ranking Japanese politician have driven speculation that the Summer Games could be called off. As COVID infections rise in Japan, public support for the Games continues to …
The profitability of coronavirus vaccines has been in the spotlight since U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that he was in support of temporarily lifting vaccine patents to make the production of the life-saving inoculations more financially feas…
Even though the pace of America’s vaccination campaign has picked up dramatically in recent weeks, question remarks remain about public participation in a host of various activities, particularly events with large crowds. Some countries, such as Israel…
The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in a shift in U.S. rental patterns as some residents in expensive areas pack up and move to either the suburbs or smaller cities. The increasingly widespread adoption of remote working has made that possible in many c…