As the U.S. society ages, senior living communities are on the rise.So are claims and lawsuits against them. And when they lose, it is usually down to insurers to pay up. Some senior living facilities could see insurance rate hikes in 2019 as high as 30 percent, according to insurance broker Willis Towers Watson. While aging is a global phenomenon, the U.S. dependence on senior centers confronts it with challenges other nations may yet have to grapple with.
On the 60th anniversary of Cuba’s revolution,ruling Communist Party leader Raul Castro blasted the Trump administration. He criticized it for returning to an outdated path of confrontation with the island nation and of intervening in Latin America.
Commentary: The biggest security threats in 2019.With an ongoing trade war between the United States and China, Russian military posturing in Eastern Europe at its greatest since the Cold War and the most unpredictable U.S. administration in living memory, 2019 may offer no shortage of strategic surprises. Reuters global affairs columnist Peter Apps identifies some of the key areas to watch in the coming 12 months.
Alphabet Inc’s Google unit won approval from U.S. regulators to deploy a radar-based motion sensing device known as Project Soli. Google says the sensor can allow users to press an invisible button between the thumb and index fingers or a virtual dial that turns by rubbing a thumb against the index finger.
TerraPower, a nuclear energy venture chaired by Bill Gates, is seeking a new partner for early-stage trials of its technology after new U.S. rules forced it to abandon an agreement with China. The company reached an agreement with state-owned China National Nuclear Corp in 2017 to build an experimental nuclear reactor south of Beijing. But Gates wrote in an essay published late last week that TerraPower is unlikely to follow through on its plans in the face of new U.S. restrictions on technology deals with China.
Netfilx pulled an episode of the comedy show “Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj” from its streaming service in Saudi Arabia after kingdom officials complained, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday. The episode of the news-comedy program criticized the country over the slaying of Jamal Khashoggi last year.
