The U.S. government is adding US$2 trillion Covid-19 response stimulus package to its existing US$23.5 trillion debt. How is that possible?
Are we all trapped in a live-action version of Flaubert’s “Madame Bovary”?
The Jan. 3 assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was followed by a torrent of contradictory narratives.
The Damascus goat has become an investment asset in the Arabian peninsula. The female’s price is about US$10,000 and can reach US$15,000. As for the male, the price jumps in some cases to US$50,000 and more.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced in a tweet the decision to move Tax Day from April 15 to July 15.
“All taxpayers and businesses will have this additional time to file and make payments without interest or penalties” Mnuchin said in his tweet, posted on Friday March 20, 2020.
Humanity celebrates on every March 20th the International Day of Happiness. 2020’s celebration will be a form of resistance against coronavirus.
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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Tuesday March 17, 2020 that the Trump administration is “looking at sending checks to Americans immediately”.
The Russian Energy Minister told reporters: “From April 1 neither OPEC nor non-OPEC have restrictions”. A relentless price war is looming.
Facebook has launched a trial version that has a radically new design. It offers a dark theme and larger buttons in the left-side menu.
The French Health Minister, Olivier Veran, said that anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Ibuprofen and Cortisone may worsen coronavirus infection.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new COVID-19 test that is able to provide results in three and half hours, which is about ten times faster than usual.
Trump declared national emergency in response to coronavirus. This declaration gives him over 100 special provisions to tackle the spread of the pandemic.
Harvard University has asked students to leave their dorms by Sunday, March 15 2020. This decision comes in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
The mysterious aspect of the lynx gave it a prominent role in ancient Greek and American cultures. So, they consider it as the symbol of the unraveling of truths. They also attribute to it numerous superpowers.
NASA announced in a press conference that the name of its 2020 Mars rover is going to be Perseverance. This name was proposed by Alex Mather, a 13-year-old from Virginia.
The Federal Reserve decided to drop interest rates by half a point on Tuesday March 3, 2020. This decision comes amid growing fears about coronavirus.
We are being observed by cameras everywhere. Research shows that this exposure is affecting not only the way how we act, but also how we think.
If current trends continue, around a million working people will be on zero-hours contracts by the end of the year 2020, researcher says.
Red panda was caught on camera in Memphis, Tennessee zoo thinking deeply, staring at the void, and holding tears. A tear escapes from its eye anyway (0:56).
A bright blue sphere crossed the skies of Karelia, a northern republic in Russia. The footage is from a local internet service provider called CityLink in the town of Segezha.
A German Shepherd dog called Duchess reacts in a very excited way when she saw her owner. This latter was back home after seven months of U.S Marines deployment.
In 2015, two beaver families were released on the River Otter. By 2019, at least seven breeding pairs had spread throughout the river catchment.
Next time you read a story about a rise in pay, try to see if it reports the wage data in nominal or real terms, and if it includes fringe benefits too.
It appears we have missed another close call between two satellites – but how close did we really come to a catastrophic event in space?
Base interest rates have been negative in Switzerland, Denmark, Japan and the eurozone for years. This represents a new macroeconomic policy experiment.