The price of lumber is going up in the U.S., which makes new homes and renovation projects significantly more expensive. Eric Pineda, who builds fences, says wood has been pretty hard to find recently.
Brazil, like many countries across the world, has suffered economic devastation during the pandemic with skyrocketing unemployment and poverty. But an unexpected trend has emerged with analysts at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange reporting a huge jump in investment by small investors -a phenomenon driven largely by influencers.
Smell and taste training is all the rage among corona patients who are traumatized after having lost the ability to smell. These two senses are among our strongest, because they preserve many of our memories.
Following a series of incidents aboard aircraft, including an assault that left a flight attendant with facial injuries and two missing teeth, the union representing Southwest Airlines' flight attendants is urging the company to take stronger steps to protect its members from an "epidemic of aggression and assault.
Data obtained exclusively by CNN shows that interest in getting vaccinated against Covid-19 increased right after Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, announced two weeks ago that vaccinated people could take off their masks.
Violent crime in the US increased in 2020 after declining for decades. CNN's John Avlon looks at what politicians can do to prevent this increase in violence after the nation's latest mass shooting left nine dead in San Jose, California.
Schools in Turkey have been almost completely closed for over a year. The government is imposing a strict lockdown so that tourists will be able to flock back in the summer. Students and parents are feeling left behind.
Australian tech company Open SC is tracking fish through the supply chain to ensure consumers get sustainably sourced products.
Western nations on Wednesday demanded the International Civil Aviation Organisation investigate the forced diversion of a plane by Belarusian authorities. In a joint statement following a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council's permanent members on the incident, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, the UK and the US, reiterated their condemnation of Belarus.
Hundreds of Manchester United fans in London suffered the heartache of a penalty shootout loss in the Europa League final against Villarreal on Wednesday. In a game short of chances and quality, Villarreal took the game to extra-time and then penalties after a 1-1 draw.
Chinese students would be able to go to American universities later this year as the United States announced the easing of the COVID-19 restrictions on them. University campuses in the U.S. have been ghost towns throughout much of the coronavirus pandemic.
Egypt's first mobile natural gas fueling station has hit the streets of Cairo in order to meet the rising demand from vehicles powered by natural gas. The station, which has been mounted on a flatbed semi-truck trailer, is able to fuel 500 cars in 12 hours and has a storage capacity of 5,000 cubic meters.
