Category: World News

China imposes new travel restrictions after an outbreak at the food wholesale market called Xinfadi that serves 80% of the city’s meat The outbreak at the main food market Xinfadi in Beijing has now been shut after it leads to a neighborhood nearby to the highest alert level.  Health authorities see the worst outbreak since […]

Phase I tested safety, with none of the participants reporting any severe side effects from the vaccine.The company to begin Phase III trials the last step before it is approved for public use Sinovac Biotech Ltd. based in Beijing, China, said its vaccine called CoronaVac found safe and positive early data from human trials, Sinovac […]

The company’s goal is to launch passenger operations in several locations around the world by 2025. Baillie Gifford, the Scottish asset management firm and Tesla’s second-largest shareholder (after Elon Musk) invests $35 million in air taxi startup Lilium which plans an urban taxi service meant to supplant normal car traffic. Baillie Gifford previously backed companies […]

Politics is no longer confined to parliaments. Social media services like Twitter play an increasingly important role for many world leaders. But some manage to attract significantly more followers than others. Ninety-seven percent of all 193 UN member states have an official presence on the platform. Only six countries do not have an official account […]

As protests continue across the United States, the National Guard has been activated in 23 states to support local law enforcement. 17,000 members had been deployed as of Monday morning according to a CNN report, a three-fold increase in just over a day and roughly the same number as active-duty troops serving in Syria, Iraq, […]

Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that Russia, Congo, and Botswana control about 86.1% of the global diamond reserves. The Learnbonds.com data shows that the total global diamond reserves are about 1.1 billion carats. The demand for diamonds is set to grow Russia controls more than half of the global reserves (52%) with 650 million diamond carats followed […]

Data gathered by Learnbonds.com indicates that about 45.5 million American students owe at least $1.68 trillion in student loan debt. According to the data, the current loan debt is the highest ever. Student loan debts account for at least 10% of the US household debt The data shows that by the fourth quarter of last year, student […]

The team found evidence for the invisible object by tracking its two companion stars using ESO’s Observatory in Chile. This is the first stellar system with a black hole that can be seen with the unaided eye A black hole was discovered hidden just 1000 Light-Years From Earth. More amazingly is the fact that this black […]

Trump spoke in a White House coronavirus meeting; Philosopher and author AC Grayling tweeted: “Trump is an idiot. He is a dangerous idiot.” In an address to journalists in the White House on Friday, President Donald Trump described the deadly COVID-19 virus as a “genius” living creature and a “very brilliant enemy.” But the Coronavirus […]

Following a 2 percent drop on Monday, Apple’s market capitalization fell below the symbolic $1 trillion mark for the first time since September 2019. Like many other tech companies, the iPhone maker has been heavily affected by the coronavirus crisis, as it faces supply chain issues as well as declining sales due to widespread store […]