I found this surprisingly easy to understand for a geeky economics video. It's mostly about Scotland but the stats on richest and poorest regions in the countries of Europe was interesting (at about 22.40), especially U.K.

New Zealand has been rocked by a terrorist attack by a white man on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The details remain a bit sketchy, but quite a few dead and injured. They have already characterized the shooter as a "white supremacist," which I found interesting. [url=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/n ...

Today I attended a speech by A.C. Grayling CBE at Cambridge University. His speech was titled "Against All Gods". I was very disappointed by his lack of intellect, his lack of argument, his arroganc ...

Florida Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott last week introduced a bill that would make daylight saving time last year-round.“Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!” Trump tweeted Monday morning.What do you think about keeping Daylight Saving Time permanent?

Friday, 2019-03-08, 08:53 All 54 actions under the Circular Economy Action Plan, first launched in 2015, have now been delivered, according to the European Commission.By BEN MESSENGER[img]https://cdn.waste-management-world.com/2503/1005-0-1.85/3/european-commission-circular-economy-plastics-recycling-w ...

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HIV patient in London becomes second person in history to enter remissionRare genetic mutation in donor leads to man’s remarkable recovery A man with HIV has entered remission following an “improbable” stem cell transplant, becoming only the second patient in history to do so.The unnamed man, known as the “London p ...

The Guardian[/url]"]Yannis Behrakis, one of Reuters’ most decorated and respected photographers, has died after a long battle with cancer. He was 58.Behrakis covered many of the most tumultuous events around the world, including conflicts in Afghanistan and Chechnya, a huge earthquake in Kashmir and the Egyptian uprising of ...

The Trump administration has taken an aggressive posture towards the UK on post-Brexit trade talks, demanding greater access to the UK market for its agricultural products and guarantees that London would not manipulate its currency.The office of the US trade representative, led by Robert Lighthizer, on Thursday released its “negotiating obje ...

Since my first post of this topic was understandably deleted because I got too emotional, here I am reposting. The movie is obviously going to be world news so let's discuss it.

To reduce wealth inequality, top income Tax level must go UP.The only real definite way to avoid GST increase is to increase the maximum income tax level.In USA in 1930s to 1980s, it was 78%.It is now down 35% but calls are for the top tax rate to increase again to pay for social programmes to uplift low wage workers etc.There is also ...

Thousands of Estonian far-right supporters hold torchlight march ahead of pollsEKRE party expected to make big gains in elections next weekend; counter-protesters hold rally under slogan ‘Sparkle and don’t be a Nazi’TALLINN, Estonia –Thousands of supporters of Estonia’s far-right E ...

It is no secret that the United States is currently struggling with a severe drug epidemic. Drug overdoses are becoming more common due to the rise of synthetic drugs being distributed. The most common being [url=https://yourfir ...