“The rich get richer” does not even begin to tell the story today. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, the wealth of the top 12 billionaires in the US recently exploded to more than one trillion dollars – yes, 13 figures. The statistic is obviously an eye-popping figure on …
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Canada: Finance Minister’s departure suggests Trudeau follows ‘green’ recovery plan | World news
With a projected Covid-shaped deficit, a collapsing oil and gas sector, and a province on the verge of bankruptcy over a botched energy project, Canada is at a crossroads. Is it striving for an ambitious “green” post-pandemic economic recovery plan that goes against the wishes of a number of influential …
Read More »Trump to forgive Susan B. Anthony
Washington – President Trump announced Tuesday that he was posthumously forgiving with Susan B. Anthony, a leader of the women’s rights movement who was arrested for illegal voting in 1872. Mr. Trump announced his full pardon to Anthony while signing a proclamation commemorating the 100th anniversary of the ratification of …
Read More »Intimate violence against partners spikes after COVID-19 lockdown
The toll of COVID-19 does not always show on the screen of a radiologist as injured lungs. These doctors who peer under the skin with the help of CT or MRI scans are seeing more and more evidence of physical abuse by these patients’ domestic partners as a result of …
Read More »The latest SpaceX Starlink satellite launch sets another flight record
The booster that flew on Tuesday had been used five times before. SpaceX SpaceX sent another batch of on Tuesday Starlink Broadband Satellites en route to Orbit from Florida, along with a few Earth-observing metal birds, and in the process made history again. The Falcon 9 impulse used by Elon …
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