Pandemic

China is moving ahead "rapidly" with its version of a central bank-issued digital currency and the Fed looks to be prioritizing development and moving forward with urgency to produce one in the U.S. as well.Why it matters: Digital currencies would provide a number of new policy tools to help stimulate…

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While numerous NGOs and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have accused Greece of using the Covid-19 epidemic as pretext to “abandon” hundreds of migrants at sea since March, Athens denies the charge and denounces “misinformation”. After revelations in the New York Times and accusations by NGOs that Greece has…

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Rain says that at 33 years old, she's considered a veteran in the porn industry. Romi Rain Romi Rain (not her real name) is a 33-year-old adult film star who lives and works in Southern California.She started doing nude modeling at the age of 19 before becoming an exotic dancer…

This research is powered by the VICE Media Group audience. Using our websites and social channels, we invited the VICE, Refinery29, and i-D audiences to take an online survey in June 2020. We spoke to more than 4,000 people in more than 30 countries around the world. The majority of…

For now all of our supply chains are flowing freely—we’re not experiencing a shortage of stock for the shop or the kitchen. We’ve been in touch with our POS vendor, though, who has assured us that things are fine if their employees work remotely. The news is top of mind…

Anjolie “Angie” Charles, a 19-year-old from Altadena, California, found herself suddenly homebound when the COVID-19 pandemic began earlier this year. Like millions of American teenagers, Charles was crammed in close quarters with her family — in this case, her mother, two sisters, and brother. Charles found herself cut off from…

Nearly two thirds of physicians worldwide report a significant increase in the consumption of online medical content since the COVID-19 pandemic began, and about a quarter predict that changes in the way they are accessing such content will be permanent. Those are two key findings from a white paper based…

"Everyone is afraid to talk to anybody or even be with anyone because of this COVID."Author of the article:Lynn GiesbrechtPublishing date:Aug 19, 2020  •   •  3 minute readMarian Chateau resident August Arndt sits outside of the front entrance to the seniors complex in Regina, Saskatchewan on August 17, 2020. BRANDON…