Air pollution is considered to be extreme environmental health hazard to humankind, becoming a reason for over six million deaths a year and an economic cost that is equal to over $8 trillion dollars. This analysis is according to the World Air Quality Report 2022 released on Tuesday by IQAir, a Swiss air quality technology company. The analysis revealed that out of a surveyed 131 countries, regions and territories, only 13 resulted in meeting World Health Organization air guidelines of annual PM2.5 concentrations at or below 5 μg/m3 in 2022, many of which were in Oceania.
Even though money does not seem like the most attractive
gift, yet it is the most desired Christmas present this year in the United
States. According to the latest data from Statista’s Global Consumer Survey
(Christmas and Holiday Season: U.S.), when U.S. adults were questioned which
gifts they would personally like to receive the most this year, 46 percent of
women and 36 percent of men said cash or
bank transfers. Vouchers were the second priority, followed by clothing,
textiles or shoes in third position. Respondents had the option to choose from multiple
options in the poll.
The term podcast was first introduced in the year 2004. It is
supposed to have been created by linking two words: iPod and broadcast or Portable
on demand (pod) and broadcast. The fairly new audio format has gained great
reputation quite rapidly around the globe and is assisted by the rise of digital
audio platforms like Apple Music of Spotify.
Apple has started conducting ground based survey in Poland
for its new feature for Maps called Look Around. The feature is meant to
provide a 360-degree panoramic view of a city or any location.
The tech giant revealed a list of countries, cities, and regions where it had started to conduct ground surveys for the feature. The list has been recently updated with a new country addition: Poland.
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino recently surveyed 2,000 full-time workers across the country to get a better understanding of their PTO habits and how they’ve spent their PTO in 2020. They wanted to see how PTO has changed from this year to last year and to see if people are using more or less PTO. Let’s take a deep dive into what they found.
For many people, taking PTO has looked a lot differently this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the stay at home orders and social distancing, many people are traveling less. Also, many American’s have been furloughed or laid off from their jobs meaning that they lost their access to their PTO.
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