CORONAVIRUS: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control says that as of the 9th of December, known omicron cases were 'either asymptomatic or mild.', with no deaths reported so far.
NEW ZEALAND: Country to ban tobacco sales to young people for their entire lifetime, to create 'smokefree generations'
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Emirate of Sharjah to switch to four-day working week, days after the whole country switched to 4.5 day work week.
Size of economy.
India: $3 trillion
France: $2.9 trillion
Italy: $2.1 trillion
Canada: $1.9 trillion
South Korea: $1.8 trillion
Russia: $1.7 trillion
California: $3 trillion
Size of economy.
India: $3 trillion
France: $2.9 trillion
Italy: $2.1 trillion
Canada: $1.9 trillion
South Korea: $1.8 trillion
Russia: $1.7 trillion
California: $3 trillion
Year Founded.
TikTok: 2016
Snapchat: 2011
Pinterest: 2010
Instagram: 2010
Tumblr: 2007
Twitter: 2006
YouTube: 2005
Reddit: 2005
Facebook: 2004
LinkedIn: 2002
Wikipedia: 2001
Baidu: 2000
Tencent: 1999
Google: 1998
Paypal: 1998
Netflix: 1997
Yahoo: 1994
Amazon: 1994
RESEARCH: Bitcoin mining uses up more electricity annually than the entirety of Argentina, according to a study by Cambridge University.
UAE new working week for government employees:
Monday to Thursday: 7.30am to 3.30pm
Friday: 7:30am to midday
SOCIAL MEDIA: Facebook is being sued for $150 billion by Rohingya refugees, who claim the firm allowed hate speech against them and their community to spread on the platform.
MEDICINE: According to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic, users of Viagra are 69% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease.
US Federal Government debt.
1990: $3.2 trillion
1995: $4.9 trillion
2000: $5.6 trillion
2005: $7.9 trillion
2010: $13.5 trillion
2015: $18.1 trillion
Now: $29 trillion
Japan population
2010: 127 million
2015: 126 million
2020: 125 million
