July 2021

July 24, 2021SMANY unfamiliar with the pandemic it's never been easy to figure out what's going on. Yet in recent days, uncertainty has accelerated. Stock markets are volatile; uncertainty about the development of inflation and labor…

A National Park Service employee replaces a flag at the Washington Monument, which reopened today after a six-month closure due to COVID-19 security measures, in Washington, United States, July 14, 2021.Kevin Lemarque | ReutersThe US…

Pontiac Mayor Deirdre Waterman believes the city is booming. Its challengers believe that there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of economic revitalization, housing, city services and the citizenship of elected officials. On July…

Breadcrumb Links World Politics Entertainment Books BC activist and scholar Harsha Walia makes compelling arguments in her fortifying new book on our global man-made crises Author of the article: Tom…

Dominant Western economic thought and theory alone cannot explain the range of achievements China has done over the past 50 years, like how it has grown from a poor and backward country to a global leader in manufacturing technical…

The UK economy has suffered a marked slowdown in growth so far this month, due to a shortage of personnel and raw materials, according to a new survey.The closely watched IHS Markit / CIPS composite production index, which measures…

July 24, 2021IIT WAS INEVITABLE that global economic growth would slow from the breakneck pace set as economies recover from the pandemic. Lately, investors have started to worry about something worse: that the US economy, which led the…

On the list of things to worry about in the SARS-CoV-2 era, the boring old winter flu probably doesn't rank highly. Especially not in the middle of a summer heatwave. And yet it should. Mankind has grown so accustomed to the annual waves…

COVID-19 closures have exacerbated violence against women by trapping them with their abusers. The biggest challenge is that very few women report violent behavior, says Pakistan Police Commissioner Maria Mahmood.…

Moody's Investors Service lowered its economic growth forecast for the Philippines, noting that the rebound would depend on efforts against the COVID-19 pandemic and the rollout of vaccination. In a research note released Wednesday,…