Whereas barely 20 percent of the population lived in urban areas 40 years ago, now over 60 percent of the population of 1.4 billion are in urban areas. Urban wealth has also increased more than threefold since 2000. Along with urbanization has come a dramatic increase of 12 years in life expectancy to 77 years. Average incomes increased more than 40-fold, and when adjusted by purchasing power, by more than 60 times.
When it comes to biometrics in mobile payment, fingerprint and face recognition are the most common technologies for users, while personal privacy leaks and security risks are uppermost in the minds of most users.
When pollsters at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, asked in April if people arrested for illegally entering the US should be held in detention centers, 62 percent of Republicans agreed, compared with only 5 percent of Democrats.
While Jones and Alexander went to bat for auto manufacturers in their state, lawmakers from farm country sought to highlight concerns that retaliatory tariffs will dry up export markets as consumers in China, Europe and other places look elsewhere to buy soybeans, pork and other farm goods.
When Sun Jifa realized he could not afford to buy artificial arms, he decided to make them himself
When the pandas first arrived at the zoo, the animals were on the verge of extinction, the zoo said. Decades of conservation efforts by the collaborative team of scientists have helped bring the wild panda population in China to nearly 2,000.
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When it is finished, the road will connect the counties of Qiemo in the north and Yuli in the south, becoming only the third paved artery through the vast expanse known as the "sea of death". In the Uygur language, Taklimakan translates as "go in and you won't come out".
Whereas Trump has made a hardline policy on immigration a centerpiece of his agenda, Mattis has publicly cited the valuable contributions that non-citizen members of the military have made over the years. Mattis also is a staunch supporter of NATO, whereas Trump has questioned its value to America.
When diagnosed late, nearly half of all patients will not survive five years, but if detected early, 80 percent can be cured or survive above five years, he said.