Category: World News

The U.S. Elections Project, a nonpartisan website run by the University of Florida professor Michael McDonald, has announced that the 2020 presidential election has had the highest voting turnout rate in 120 years. McDonald tweeted preliminary estimates of turnout among the voting-eligible population, putting it at 66.9 percent with 160 million people casting their vote. I posted PRELIMINARY […]

NASA has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This discovery indicates that water may be distributed across the lunar surface, and not limited to cold, shadowed places. Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has detected water molecules (H2O) in Clavius Crater, one of the largest craters visible from […]

A rare blast of light, emitted by a star as it is sucked in by a supermassive black hole, has been spotted by scientists using telescopes from around the world. The phenomenon, known as a tidal disruption event, is the closest flare of its kind yet recorded, occurring just 215 million light-years from Earth. It […]

After leaving Walter Reed Medical Center yesterday, President Trump had a positive message for the American people after the first few days of his experience with Covid-19: “Don’t be afraid of COVID. Don’t let it dominate your life.” As survey data from YouGov shows though, the majority of American adults fear contracting Covid-19 to some degree – […]

Marriot International Witnessed the Biggest Market Cap Drop in 2020 The coronavirus outbreak has affected every sector across the globe, but the hotel industry is among the hardest hit. Although hotels implemented increased safety and sanitation measures and cautiously reopened for the summer travel season, recovery to pre-COVID-19 levels could take years. According to data […]

An international team of astronomers today announced the discovery of a rare molecule — phosphine — in the clouds of Venus. On Earth, this gas is only made industrially or by microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments. Astronomers have speculated for decades that high clouds on Venus could offer a home for microbes — floating […]

It seems that the pandemic has motivated U.S. expats to cut ties and avoid the current political climate and onerous tax reporting According to recently released data, the number of Americans renouncing their citizenship has reached a record level. Bambridge Accountants, a New York-based tax firm, stated that 5,816 people relinquished their citizenship in the […]

Government response As of July 26, around 4.1 million cases of COVID-19 had been reported in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Testing for the virus ran into some early problems when initial diagnostic kits from the CDC were found to be defective. However, the United States has since performed around […]

Looking at global GDP at constant 2017 prices, but adjusted for purchasing power/cost of living, China was the biggest economy in the world in 2019, with an adjusted GDP of more than $22.5 trillion, according to the World Bank. While the Chinese economy is projected by the International Monetary Fund to grow by a low 1.2 percent in 2020 due […]

After Months of Dismissing the Seriousness of Coronavirus Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive Bolsonaro has described the virus as a “little flu,” and used to appear in public and at rallies without a mask, hugging his supporters. Speaking on Brazilian TV Tuesday Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced the positive result for Covid-19, following months of […]