Daily Archives: 12/03/2019


UN Agency: Europe Leads in Readiness for Online Shopping

The U.N.’s trade and development agency estimates that Europe, led by the Netherlands, leads the world in readiness for online shopping.UNCTAD’s annual business-to-consumer e-commerce index ranked the United States again in the teens, at 13th — largely because of its …


Drake is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist of the Decade

Drake is the king of streaming: the rapper has been named Spotify’s most-streamed artist of the decade. Spotify announced Tuesday that Drake has been streamed 28 billion times in the last 10 years. Ed Sheeran came in second, while Post …


Workers Fired From Google Plan Federal Labor Complaint

Four workers fired from Google last week are planning to file a federal labor complaint against the company, claiming it unfairly retaliated against them for organizing workers around social causes.The former employees said Tuesday they are preparing to file unfair …


Greta Thunberg Says Sea Voyage ‘Energized’ Her Climate Fight

Climate activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Portugal on Tuesday after a three-week voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, telling cheering supporters that the journey had “energized” her for the fight against climate change. The Swedish teen, whose one-woman protests outside the …


Epstein’s Lawyer Says Alleged Victim is Lying

The woman who caused Prince Andrew’s fall from grace is appealing to the British public to support her case, saying she was an underage victims of sex trafficking by her one-time boss Jeffrey Epstein. The late financier and convicted sex …


Twitter Makes Global Changes to Comply with Privacy Laws

Twitter is updating its global privacy policy to give users more information about what data advertisers might receive and is launching a site to provide clarity on its data protection efforts, the company said on Monday.The changes, which will take …


Climate Crisis Causing Hunger for Millions of Africans

Tens of millions of people in southern and eastern Africa are facing emergency food insecurity partly caused by climate change – with half of them children, according to the charity Save the Children. The area has been hit by extreme …