Fashion trash can: where tons of things we donate to charity go

When you give your clothes to a thrift store, where does it go? Oliver Franklin-Wallis of GQ shares how fashion generates tons of waste and sparks ingenuity in local designers where waste accumulates. About 62 million tons are produced annually in the world ...

Bats are not to blame: scientists believe that COVID-19 started because of raccoon dogs in a market in Wuhan

Recently released genetic data collected at a food market in Wuhan, China, links COVID-19 to raccoon dogs. This adds credibility to the theory that infected animals sold at the location caused the coronavirus disease pandemic, the researchers say. The…

Major IT-companies threatened to leave Russia

The largest foreign IT-companies can leave the Russian market "in the conditions of unclear rules of the game." This is stated in a letter sent by the General Director of the Association of European Businesses (AEB) Frank Schauff to the Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolai Nikiforov, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov, Minister of Economic Development Alexei Ulyukaev and the head of the Federal ...

In a week, the United States lost nine billionaires, Russia five

A sharp drop in quotations on world trading floors led to the fact that at once several dozen of the richest people in the world lost the right to call themselves billionaires. In Russia, five people have lost their billionaire status. At the same time, Alexander Lutsenko lost most of all, controlling with his wife ...

Dow Jones set a new anti-record

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was in the red again at the close on Tuesday August 25, setting a new anti-record. For the first time in its 119-year history, it was down more than 200 points in four days, Market Watch notes. How…

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