US home foreclosures rise for 12th straight month, with owners of nearly 40K homes affected: report

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The number of Americans facing home foreclosures jumped for the 12th month in a row last month, hitting the owners of nearly 40,000 homes and raising concerns about the housing affordability crisis, according to a new report. In February, 38,840 US properties faced foreclosure filings of all kinds, including default notices, scheduled auctions or bank […]


China’s Population Declines for 3rd Straight Year

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To get its citizens to have more children and stop its population from shrinking, China has tried it all, even declaring having babies an act of patriotism. And yet, for the third year in a row, its population got smaller. Not even a surprise uptick in the number of babies born, a first in seven […]