For the first time in school history, Columbia University is electing a female president. Economist Nemat “Minouche” Shafik will become the school’s 20th president taking over from Lee C. Bollinger, the university announced Wednesday morning. Bollinger became the school’s 19th president in 2002 and is the longest-serving Ivy League president. […]
China’s population shrank last year for the first time since the immediate aftermath of a devastating famine in the Mao era, in a clear sign that the country is facing a looming demographic crisis worsened by decades of coercive policy that limited most families to a single child. The […]
The start of 2023 means carrying a gun without a license is now legal in half of US states: ‘Lipstick, an iPhone, maybe a little Smith & Wesson .38’ You don’t need a permit to carry guns in half of US states. Alabama’s permit less carry law went into effect […]
New COVID variant XBB.1.5 rapidly spreading in US, CDC data shows Happy New Year! A new Omicron variant is rapidly spreading in the US just in time to ring in 2023, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The strain, known XBB.1.5, accounts for about 41% […]
Effective January 1, 2023, foreign nationals are not allowed to buy residential properties in Canada, as per reports. The Canadian government announced this decision to ban non-residents from owning homes for 2 years as part of its budget proposals in view of surging property prices in the country and with […]