New analysis by Russian outlet Mediazona found that healthcare workers in the country make up 7% of COVID-19 fatalities, equal to one in every 15 deaths from the virus. More »    

There's been a steady decline in births in the US, and 2019 recorded the fewest number of births in 35 years. Experts have warned the trend could lead to a "demographic time bomb." More »    

Latvian design studio Zeltini created the Z-Triton, an amphibious tiny home. The electrically powered vehicle can travel over land or water, and has a tiny kitchen and room to sleep. More »    

Facebook surged more than 6% Wednesday to a record high of about $US230 per share. The company announced a day earlier it would roll out Facebook and Instagram shops starting Wednesday. More »    

Jury selection for a Montana criminal trial will occur in a middle school gymnasium because it's the only space large enough to safely accommodate dozens of people. More »    

There are a lot of movies on Disney Plus that I just did not like when they were first released. I went back and watched some of them, and I actually am happy I gave them a second chance. More »    

Protests over state-mandated social distancing and business closures weren't started by extremist groups - but white supremacists and those with similar ideologies have seized upon them across the US. More »    

President Donald Trump congratulated his younger daughter Tiffany on her graduation from Georgetown Law School four days late. In a Wednesday tweet, the president said he was "proud" of Tiffany and quipped, "just what I need is a lawyer in the family." More ...

Expect a massive hit to corporate earnings this year, accompanied by new all time highs in the stock market, Fundstrat's Tom Lee said. Lee said he thinks that despite the likelihood that companies will report negative earnings in the second quarter, the S&P 500 ca...

President Donald Trump's lawyers are currently arguing to the Supreme Court that he is too busy being president to be investigated or criminally prosecuted. More »    

Australian retail sales suffered their biggest monthly fall on record, dropping 17.9% in April. It came as the supermarket splurge seen in March fell by the wayside, and spending on clothes, footwear, cafes and restaurants halved on last year's levels. More ...

General Motors and LG Chem have named their joint venture "Ultium Cells LLC." "Ultium" is the name that GM revealed earlier this year when the car company announced its battery technology. More »    

Heavy rainfall has caused the failure of two dams in Michigan, prompting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to declare a state of emergency. "Please, get somewhere safe, now," Whitmer said in a Tuesday evening address. "This is serious and it is time for people to take action." ...

Share trading platform eToro has cut its commission to zero for Australians trading US stocks. It has also introduced fractional investing, allowing Aussies to buy fractions of a share in US companies like Amazon which typically carry a prohibitive share price. ...

Seventy per cent of coronavirus cases in Israel could be linked to the US, according to a new study on the virus' genome. The study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, compared the sequence of the virus from more than 200 randomly selected patients and compared th...

Coles has opened its first local 'boutique' store in Sydney. The store is in Rose Bay and provides products from local bakers, butchers and cafes. More »    

On the hunt for some audio gear? You're in luck. As part of Click Frenzy Mayhem, Bose is offering up to 50% off on headphones and speakers. Some particularly solid deals right now. More »    

Qantas could "easily" return to 50% domestic capacity by July if government restrictions were to ease, CEO Alan Joyce has claimed. Speaking to media on Tuesday, Joyce put pressure on the state governments to loosen up their barriers to interstate travel. Mor...

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that Texas must allow all voters to cast absentee ballots without an excuse in its upcoming elections for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. More »    

Doug Loverro, who led NASA's human spaceflight division, has resigned after just six months on the job. Loverro quit a week before SpaceX is scheduled to launch its first passengers - two NASA astronauts - on a mission called Demo-2. More »    

Updating your childhood bedroom to make it more adult doesn't have to be difficult or expensive. Insider spoke to design experts Ashley Moore, the founder and principal designer of Moore House Interiors, and Kevin Seitz and Rob van Wyen, the designers at Seitz Stu...

Technical analysis is a tool investors use to study the price action in stocks, helping them identify key areas of potential support and resistance in a stock price that can then be traded off of. More »    

An over 8,000 square feet big pre-Revolutionary war home in Charleston, South Carolina is on the market, valued at nearly $US10 million. Built in the mid-18th century, the mansion sits on Church Street, which the New York Post called one of the city's "most pictur...

The four Federal Reserve aid programs that haven't launched yet - including its $US600 billion Main Street Lending Program - will be operational by the end of May, chair Jerome Powell said during a Tuesday Senate hearing. More »    

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said Tuesday that the company is considering COVID-19 diagnostic and antibody testing for its employees. Amazon has said it expects to spend $US1 billion in 2020 to develop employee testing. More »