Health officials are urging Americans to not let their guards down against COVID-19 as researchers discover new variants that may already be more transmissible and could also be somewhat resistant to the vaccine. “At this level of cases, with variants spreading, we stand to completely lose the hard-earned ground we have gained,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. […]

TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher on Wednesday as investors shrugged off concerns that stocks may have rallied too far too fast in the past year, and focused instead on optimism that more imminent U.S. stimulus will energise the global economic recovery.FILE PHOTO: A woman holding an umbrella walks near an electric board showing Nikkei index at a […]

January 2021 more than recovered the loss of employment of the past three months, notes Mahesh Vyas. In January 2021 India recorded a significant fall in the unemployment rate and an equally impressive increase in the employment rate. The unemployment rate fell to 6.5 per cent from 9.1 per cent in December 2020 and the employment rate rose to 37.9 […]

Required ’opt-ins’ will squeeze Facebook’s ad business as Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 update asks consumers for permission to be tracked, the social media giant’s CFO reiterated Tuesday, noting other headwinds like a post-Covid spending shift from products to services, and lowering expectations for FB’s Ray-Ban smart glasses. Apple’s AppTracking Transparency policy has put a prompt in iOS 14 requiring users […]

If you buy through our links, we may earn money from affiliate partners. Learn more. Audible has hundreds of thousands of titles to choose between. You can start a free 30-day Audible trial here. Below, we compiled its 30 best-selling books among Audible users right now. The list ranges from former President Barack Obama’s memoir to cult-favorite fiction series such as […]

Story Highlights Until now, it was uncertain that space hurricanes even existed. The space hurricane spotted by the research team in Earth’s ionosphere was spinning in a counterclockwise direction. The findings suggest space hurricanes should be a widespread phenomena. And now we have space hurricanes to worry about. For the first time, scientists have spotted what they’re calling a “space […]

House prices are still rising but the market is “past its peak” and mortgage interest rates will rise, Westpac chief economist Dominick Stephens says today. In his latest Home Truths analysis, he also says Auckland house-building is catching up with demand and the shortage will be zero by 2028. In a hard-hitting analysis of the market where prices have been […]