Eighty-six percent of the world’s population is literate(有读写能力的),and this rate has been increasing for centuries. Literacy makes it possible to navigate a world filled with books, websites, text messages, road signs and more.Could a growing number of people participate in today’s ...
In terms of population size, the sex ratio in the United States favors females, although the gender gap is remaining stable. In 2010, there were around 5.17 million more women, with the difference projected to decrease to around 3 million by 2027. Gender ratios by U.S. state In the Uni...
Associated PressJan. 14, 2025 Kentucky Reaches $110 Million Deal With Kroger to Settle Its Opioid Lawsuit Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic ...
Best States A$AP Rocky Accuser Ends a Long Slog on the Witness Stand and Lashes Out at 'Annoying' Defense Lawyer A former friend who alleges rapper A$AP Rocky fired a gun at him in 2021 testified that no one involved in the incident gave him any indication the firearm might be fake ...
The trend for bigger housing thus poses ethical questions. Should Americans accept a system in which the middle and upper classes enjoy a luxurious lifestyle, using the low-wage labor of others? Are we willing to accept ...
Siddharth Chatterjee, United Nations resident coordinator in China, said the country, with its 1.4 billion population and a large territory is still very much an upper-middle income country by the World Bank's standards, which means it is still a step away from acquiring developed-country status...
classifies 196 economies into two major groups, advanced economies, and emerging market and developing economies, with China belonging to the latter group. The classification is based on countries' aggregate GDP, exports of goods and services and population rather than strict economic or other criteria...
· On March 25 this year, every US state and territory saw an end to mask mandates in most indoor settings as the Omicron wave ebbed. At that time, the number of total deaths exceeded 977,000. · By this May, just 27 months after the first confirmed COVID death, the virus had taken...
The number roughly equals the population of San Jose. It is like an empty city with no one in the building, no one on the street. What next? As time goes by, the push for a return to pre-COVID normalcy seems to brush aside the staggering toll. The US has already charted its path...
population will likely experience this new normal occurrence of extreme precipitation. As much as one-third of the population is expected to experience the current definition of a 1-in-100-year storm as often as three times in their lifetime. Additionally, the current precipitation standards for ...