The Saudi Arabian government has announced investments in future technologies worth $6.4 billion. Saudi Arabia, facing fierce regional competition, is racing to diversify its economy away from oil, according to the kingdom’s minister of communication and information technology. Gulf nations with significant oil revenues have taken steps to boost non-oil growth and reduce reliance on
After 2020’s brief but devastating recession caused by the Coronavirus, the U.S. economy grew at its fastest rate since Ronald Reagan’s presidency. As a result, the nation’s gross domestic product and its total output of goods and services increased 5.7% in 2021. The economy experienced the strongest growth calendar-year since 1984, when the economy recovered
PM Boris Johnson said on Wednesday, he does not intend to resign after a series of lockdown-breaking gatherings at both his Downing Street office and home. He has vowed to carry on in the post. Keir Starmer, leader of the opposition Labour Party, accused Johnson in parliament of misrepresenting the gatherings and misleading parliament. The
Entree Capital, a global venture capital fund, announced its plans on Tuesday. $300 million was raised by Israel for two new early-stage venture capital funds with a focus on Israeli startups. The move will bring the amount under management to $1 billion, the company said. With the new funding, Entree intends to invest substantially in
The State Duma, a lower house of the Russian parliament, approved for the first time a draft law requiring individuals to show proof of immunity to COVID-19 in order to enter certain public buildings. For the bill to become effective, the upper chamber of parliament still needs to approve it and President Vladimir Putin must
We are approaching the end of 2021 and the Supreme Court is set to hear and rule on one of the strictest abortion laws we have ever seen. The Supreme Court heard almost two hours of arguments on Wednesday in the legal battle over Mississippi’s law prohibiting abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, which clearly
A few healthcare workers in Maine quit their jobs after the state mandated that all healthcare workers need to get the COVID-19 vaccine. On August 12, the state announced that all healthcare workers must get the vaccine. They will not be enforcing this rule until October 29th. After this mandate was announced, it caused a
(ALBANY, NY) – At midnight Tuesday, Kathy Hochul, became governor of New York, after the ouster of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, leading to his resignation effective the same day. She holds the distinction of being the first female governor in the history of the State of New York. Hochul served as Lieutenant Governor of New York
According to NBC News station WPTV, Dick Farrel, a longtime right-wing radio personality in Florida and anchor on Newsmax TV, died on Wednesday of complications with Covid-19. Farrel was a prominent and outspoken opponent of the coronavirus vaccination, which he labeled “bogus” and blogged about on social media. He also slammed people like Dr. Anthony
The Texas House Democratic Caucus said on Saturday that three Democratic members of the Texas House of Representatives tested positive for COVID-19 while in Washington, DC. In a spectacular walkout last week, legislators departed the Lone Star State to prevent a series of Republican proposals from passing in a legislative special session, most notably a
On Saturday, a 10-year-old kid died in Philadelphia after discovering a pistol in his house and fatally shooting himself. According to police, the kid and his 8-year-old sister discovered the pistol in a cupboard in their North Philadelphia home while they were alone. According to Philadelphia police, the boy’s sister fled to the neighbors when
American Airlines, which rapidly increased flights to meet a surge in travel demand, is cutting some flights to alleviate potential strains on its operations when things go wrong. The number of flights being cut is very small, about 1% of planned flying in the first half of July, the company said. But scrapping roughly 950
