Countries
What do you do when you see close friends, acquaintances and colleagues, or when you meet complete strangers for business meetings? You greet them. It’s just an instinct. How you greet people,...
29 days ago
Last Updated: 29 days ago
Lebanon is facing a crippling economic crisis that has caused a shocking jump in poverty and food insecurity in recent years. Plummeting economic activity, roiling political instability, and...
1 month ago
The U.S., plagued by the COVID-19 Omicron BA.5, may face another hurdle in the way of cutting the spread of the disease. It is known as the BA.2.75 subvariant. Its presence and growth has been most...
9 months ago
Last Updated: 8 months ago
South Sudan, which was part of Sudan, was declared independent in July of 2011.
1 year ago
The largest nation based on square mileage by far is Russia, which is much larger than the next on the list, Canada.
2 years ago
War-torn, impoverished and politically unstable, the least peaceful nation in the world can be found in Central Asia, according to a well-respected global study of how people feel about their own...
3 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
Even Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was out of breath about new of the Brexit: “We take note of the decision by the people of the United...
6 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
The United States spent $596 billion on its military last year, which is 2.4% of gross domestic product, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
Canada is America's favorite country, according to Gallup research, perhaps because the relationship between the two countries is so benign.
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
No country is free of corruption. It is a severe problem in more than two-thirds of countries globally, some of which are major global economic powers, according to Transparency International’s...
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
Money, it does not seem, buy happiness, at least country by country. The advancement of a nation is often confused with economic growth. However, while economic strength is certainly a country’s...
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
The development of a nation is often conflated with economic growth. However, while economic strength is certainly a country’s means of development, is it what ultimately determines how developed...
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
The development of a nation is often conflated with economic growth. However, while economic strength is certainly a country’s means of development, is it what ultimately determines how developed...
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
What does France look like economically. 24/7 turned to the CIA Facebook, The World Bank, and IMF for answers France is the world’s six largest economy in the world based on 2014 data from The...
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
Globally, health care spending has increased dramatically since 1980. However, while health care spending increased faster than the economic growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s, it slowed with...
7 years ago
Last Updated: 3 years ago
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