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In 2021, the world population was approximately 7,954,448,391 people[†]
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The country is recovering from a pandemic and an economic crisis, and its former president is in legal and financial peril. But no political realignment appears to be at hand.
When rumors of a diamond find hit social media, thousands of jobless South Africans rushed to a sleepy village. The government’s claim that the discovery was actually quartz was met with suspicion.
In comments still rippling through the network, the reporter Rachel Nichols, who is white, said Maria Taylor, who is Black, earned the job to host 2020 N.B.A. finals coverage because ESPN was “feeling pressure” on diversity.
A mighty wall of books impresses in the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library, a transformed branch that bursts with new services and technology.
A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.
Stacie Marshall, who inherited a Georgia farm, is trying on a small scale to address a generations-old wrong that still bedevils the nation.
The collapse of Champlain Towers South has prompted a review of hundreds of older high-rises. Some buildings ignored or delayed action on serious maintenance issues.
A recent Times project that examined how the tech giant manages its workers took months of reporting and hundreds of interviews.
The latest jobs report was good, consumer confidence is back and stocks are at record highs.
The move comes two days after the government said it was investigating cybersecurity issues at the ride-hailing giant, which made its Wall Street debut this past week.
The company now has agreements with two of its three largest unions, opening a path to reopening on schedule in September.
Quotation of the Day for Sunday, July 4, 2021.