For the first time in seven years, New York City has lost its title as the world’s billionaire capital. In 2020, the Big Apple was displaced by Beijing which recorded a net gain of 33 billionaires. Beijing is now in top spot with 100 individuals worth …
The Chinese government has begun to issue blockchain-powered digital currency to its citizens. The Wall Street Journal reports that 750,000 recipients have been determined by a lottery system and can already spend their digital Yuan in stores and onlin…
While LG’s decision to close its smartphone business probably won’t make a huge difference at the global level, with Chinese manufacturers flooding the market with Android phones at all price levels, the company’s exit definitely will be felt in the Un…
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects supplementary homicide data including the age, sex, race and ethnicity of murder victims as well as the type of weapon used by the perpetrator. When it comes to the latter category, the FBI published d…
In a move that sounds more industry-shaking than it is, LG Electronics announced its decision to shut down its smartphone business by July 31. In a statement published on Monday, the South Korean company explained that its exit from the “incredibly com…
Back in August 2007, the dangerous and decaying state of America’s infrastructure became a shocking reality when the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minneapolis collapsed, sending vehicles crashing into the river below. 13 people were killed while an…
After the emotional appeal of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, on Monday, the COVID-19 situation in the U.S. has been under close scrutiny. Walensky spoke of “impending doom” as falling case numbers…
A devastating second wave of coronavirus infections in connection with mutant variety P.1 has caused deaths from COVID-19 to soar in Brazil. As of March 31, the 7-day rolling average of daily new COVID deaths stood at 14 per one million of population. …
According to the latest ONS figures, over one million people were estimated to be suffering from Long Covid in the UK in the four weeks ending 6 March. Long Covid is defined as “symptoms persisting more than four weeks after the first suspected coronav…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released provisional mortality data showing that Covid-19 was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. last year. Two reports were part of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report which found th…