Monk Arrested After Reportedly Shooting Man in the Testicles
A monk at Wat Mongkhol Nimit, just south Bangkok, has been expunged and arrested after shooting another man in the testicles. Police detained Phra Apiram Ruengthip, 46, at his living quarters on Monday evening. The former monk contends he shot the victim in self-defense. Authorities say they confiscated an unregistered firearm with two bullets from…
Facebook Virtual Currency “Libra” And Growing Concerns Over Regulatory Authorities
Facebook has recently announced its own virtual currency (cryptocurrency, crypto-asset) “Libra “. Politicians have been enthusiastic about Facebook’s ambition to enter the financial arena long before this vision was revealed. At the heart of that concern is, of course, the issue of privacy. Given Facebook’s past mischief, there remains a big question about how the…
Experts Agree That Social Media Incorporation Should Be An Essential Part Of Web Design Now
As the pandemic keeps affecting more and more people across the country and the planet, the importance of social media in business is becoming also becoming increasingly evident. The necessity of social media incorporation in web design has been undeniable in the last five years, but experts agree on the fact that now is the…
Facebook’s Libra Technology: Will It Work?
After opening access to Libra to a wide audience in 2020, Facebook plans to integrate the digital wallet into the company’s WhatsApp and Messenger services. It remains only to convince the audience to start using the new product. Cryptocurrencies were once created as an alternative to the monopoly financial power of banks with the status too…
Breast Implants Deflect Bullet & Save Woman’s Life, Physicians Say
In what could be a first in medical history, a woman’s silicone chest implants helped divert a bullet and save her life, according to doctors. Physicians credit the implants made of silicone for stopping a bullet from hitting the 31-year old’s vital organs. The altercation went down in Toronto, Canada. The woman explained to doctors…
Using The Most Out Of Instragram For Your Business
When it comes to social media, most businesses realize that they must figure out how to make various platforms work for them. It’s not enough to just have a website and just have an email. Businesses must now share out products and services via Facebook, post on Twitter to stay ahead of any chatter on…
Man Breaks into Closed Restaurant, Spends 4 Days Eating & Drinking
A man has been accused of breaking into a closed restaurant and spending four days drinking and eating thousands of dollars’ worth of beverages and food. 42-year-old Louis Angel Ortiz from Connecticut was arrested Friday morning after he was found slumbering with a bottle of rum inside an eatery downtown, the New Haven Police Department…
Congo’s smugglers keep hustling through the coronavirus lockdown
Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hubBY 10AM MOST of Mama Kavira’s customers are already drunk. Some are slumped on…
One Drive-in Theater Hosted the Entire U.S. Box Office this Past Weekend
There’s one drive-in theater in Florida that’s keeping the weekly box office report afloat during the novel coronavirus pandemic. With movie theaters throughout the country closed for the unforeseen future due to the continuing COVID-19 outbreak, the weekly box office findings are all but an afar memory. However, this past weekend the Ocala Drive-In in…
How risk-parity investment strategies unravelled
Apr 25th 2020Editor’s note: The Economist is making some of its most important coverage of the covid-19 pandemic freely available to readers of The Economist Today, our daily newsletter. To receive it, register here. For our coronavirus tracker and more coverage, see our hub“THE PANDEMIC was a strange beast that I didn’t have an edge…