I once watched a guy run down a tourist beach in Spain throwing money away. He literally sprinted over the sand, cackling dementedly as he chucked large wads of bank notes into the air and shouted at everyone to ‘TAKE MY CASH!!’ It seemed like the most wondrously generous thing imaginable and gleeful holidaymakers sprang … Read more
‘We have no time to waste’: Joe Biden heralds House passage of $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill and urges rapid action Joe Biden heralded the House’s passage of his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill He thanked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her ‘extraordinary leadership’ The House passed the bill in the early hours of Saturday … Read more
Tucked away in the National Archives, among state documents and papers of historic significance, is a humble letter written by an anonymous woman. The script is a beautiful cursive, and although the paper is blotted and torn, the poignancy shines through, 100 years after the writer posted it when Britain was in the throes of … Read more
Tucked away in the National Archives, among state documents and papers of historic significance, is a humble letter written by an anonymous woman. The script is a beautiful cursive, and although the paper is blotted and torn, the poignancy shines through, 100 years after the writer posted it when Britain was in the throes of … Read more
A record-breaking 28 trillion tonnes of ice — enough to cover the whole of the UK in a sheet over 300 feet thick — melted from the face of the Earth between 1994–2017. Researchers from the University of Leeds carried out the first ever global survey of ice loss using data collected from satellites orbiting … Read more
The world’s ten richest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bill Gates, have seen their collective wealth increase by half a trillion dollars since the start of the Covid pandemic, according to a new report. The business magnates could even pay to vaccinate the entire world with their profits from the last year, the … Read more
How To Spend A Trillion Dollars Rowan Hooper Profile £14.99 Rating: … Read more
TACKLING COVID • Mount a national vaccination program, contain COVID-19, and safely reopen schools, including by setting up community vaccination sites nationwide, scaling up testing and tracing, eliminating supply shortage problems, investing in high-quality treatments, providing paid sick leave to contain spread of the virus, addressing health disparities, and making the necessary investments to meet … Read more
TACKLING COVID • Mount a national vaccination program, contain COVID-19, and safely reopen schools, including by setting up community vaccination sites nationwide, scaling up testing and tracing, eliminating supply shortage problems, investing in high-quality treatments, providing paid sick leave to contain spread of the virus, addressing health disparities, and making the necessary investments to meet … Read more
Britain’s £10 TRILLION price tag: Value of entire UK includes £1.9trn of housing and £138bn of trains and buses, ONS figures reveal Figures show that Britain and everything in it is worth £10,049,743,000,000 The country’s housing stock was calculated to be worth £1.9trillion alone Huge Covid-related public borrowing is likely to have dragged down the total … Read more