JUNE 5, 2021
Chad has been financially independent for three years, and spends his time working side gigs, managing rental units, traveling, volunteering and sheep herding.
Chad grew up watching his father flip properties. Now, thanks to those lessons in real estate, he’s financially independent, managing rental units and living life on his terms.
The 39-year-old landlord, who was born and raised...
JUNE 5, 2021
NEW DELHI, INDIA: Data usage per subscriber in India has jumped by around 43 times in just six years while data cost decreased by 96% (by 24 times) compared to 2014.
In 2014, data usage per subscriber in India was 3.2GB while customers paid Rs 269 per GB. The cost dipped to just Rs 10.9/GB in 2020, while...
JUNE 5, 2021
In this May 26, 2021 photo, a sign for workers hangs in the window of a shop along Main Street in Deadwood, S.D. U.S. employers added 559,000 jobs in May, an improvement from April’s sluggish gain but still evidence that many companies are struggling to find enough workers as the economy rapidly recovers from the pandemic recession....
JUNE 5, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin. - Getty
Russia has been linked to an attempt to peddle coronavirus vaccine misinformation in France.
While the Russian link has not yet been proved, it follows a growing pattern of disinformation spread by Moscow.
Experts say Putin is now using the twin powers of social media and so-called "Black...
JUNE 5, 2021
The agreement reached by finance ministers from the Group of 7 nations would impose an additional tax on some of the largest multinational companies, forcing them to pay taxes to countries based on where goods or services are sold. - Pool photo by Henry Nicholls
LONDON — The top economic officials from the world’s advanced economies reached a...
JUNE 4, 2021
The history of cricket has always been defined in eras. And when it comes to describing eras, not two are more renowned than the ones which West Indies and Australia dominated during their peak. A stark contrast to how the team is performing now, West Indies were ruthless in their approach in the 1970s and most part...
JUNE 4, 2021
Biden calls Netanyahu after criticism he was silent on Israeli-Palestinian violence. - Sebastian Scheiner/Pool/Reuters
For over a decade, the face of Israel on the world stage has been Benjamin Netanyahu. For American presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, Netanyahu was their partner as Israel's longest-serving prime minister.
But for President Joe Biden, that likely won't be the...
JUNE 4, 2021
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s executive vice president in charge of competition policy, said Facebook collects “vast troves of data” on the activities of its users, “enabling it to target specific customer groups.” - Pool photo by Francisco Seco
European Union and British regulators said Friday that they were beginning separate antitrust inquiries into Facebook, broadening their efforts...
JUNE 3, 2021
Doctors in an intensive care unit full of Covid-19 patients in Bogotá, the capital of Colombia. The country is facing its most dramatic daily death rates to date. - Federico Rios / NY Times
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In Colombia, nearly five hundred people a day have died of the coronavirus over the last three weeks, the nation’s...
JUNE 3, 2021
The royal family and Queen Elizabeth's monarchy seem to be treading hot waters off late and a latest investigative report has taken it a step further. On Wednesday, The Guardian published an investigative account of how Buckingham Palace until the late 1960s banned “coloured immigrants or foreigners” from serving in clerical roles in the royal household. Citing...
