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: With more people than ever staying home to lessen the spread of COVID-19, their sedans, pickup trucks and SUVs are parked unattended on the streets, making them easy targets for opportunistic thieves.Despite silent streets and nearly non-existent traffic, vehicle larcenies shot up 63% in New York and nearly 17% in Los Angeles from Jan. 1 through mid-May, compared with the same period last year.And many other law enforcement agencies around the U.S. are reporting an increase in stolen cars and vehicle burglaries, even as violent crime has dropped dramatically nationwide in the coronavirus pandemic. It's a low-risk crime with a potentially high reward, police say, especially when many drivers leave their doors unlocked or their keys inside."You might as well put a sticker on the window that says `come take my stuff," said an exasperated Alex Villanueva, the Los Angeles County sheriff.In Austin, Texas, last month, a whopping 72% of the 322 stolen vehicles had their keys nearby. The … [Read more...] about Lock your cars! Vehicle theft spikes in COVID-19 pandemic in US

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“As of May 23, 2020, Brazil had 310,087 confirmed cases of COVID-19, which is the third highest number of confirmed cases in the world,” the White House said in a statement today. “Today’s action will help ensure foreign nationals who have been in Brazil do not become a source of additional infections in our country.” … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: WHO declares South America ‘new epicentre’ of COVID-19 pandemic

Nevertheless, being a natural process driven by the combined forces of technological breakthroughs, as well as the free flow of people and profit-thirsty capital, globalization has brought down trade and commerce barries, shrunk production costs, stimulated technological cooperation, integrated global markets and financial systems, created inestimable jobs and wealth, and raised living standards throughout the world over the centuries since the Age of Discovery. … [Read more...] about Commentary: Post-pandemic world needs better globalization, not less