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This list of global issues presents problems or phenomena affecting people around the world, including but not limited to widespread social issues, economic issues, and environmental issues. Organizations that maintain or have published an official list of global issues include the United Nations, and the World Economic Forum.
The United States is the world leader in producing the most e-waste, followed closely by China; both countries domestically recycle and export e-waste. [95] Only recently has the United States begun to make an effort to start regulating where e-waste goes and how it is disposed of.
The United States Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey published weekly statistics of the effects of the pandemic on Americans' lives. For week 12 (July 16–21), 51.1% of respondents reported a loss of employment income since March 13, 2020, 12.1% reported food scarcity, 40.1% delayed getting medical care in the past four weeks, and 26.5% ...
On two of the most significant issues facing the United States, its competition with China and the future course of the Middle East there will likely be considerable continuities between the two ...
The most expensive government shutdown in history led to about $3 billion permanently taken out of the US economy, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The reason: that 2018-2019 standoff ...
By Andy Sullivan. WASHINGTON - Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap spending bill due to pressure from Donald Trump.
The 15 conflicts in the following list have caused at least 1,000 and fewer than 10,000 direct, violent deaths in the current or previous calendar year. [2] Conflicts causing at least 1,000 deaths in one calendar year are considered wars by the Uppsala Conflict Data Program.
The cold-blooded assassination of a health care CEO has uncorked a torrent of public anger at the health insurance industry. Should the ugliness of that fact make Americans bottle the anger back up?