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Amid Warnings of Surging Worldwide Poverty, Planet's 500 Richest People Added $1.8 Trillion to Combined Wealth in 2020

The Bloomberg Billionaires Index recorded its largest annual gain in the list's history last year, with a 31% increase in the wealth of the richest people.

Even in the richest country in the world, the United States, the rapidly widening gap between the richest and poorest people grew especially stark in 2020.

Nine of the top 10 richest people in the world live in the United States and own more than $1.5 trillion.

Musk's total net worth grew by $142 billion in 2020, to $170 billion—the fastest creation of personal wealth in history, according to Bloomberg.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is at the top of the list, with a net worth of $190 billion.

The Republican-led Senate on Friday continued to stonewall a vote on legislation that would send $2,000 checks to many American households.

"Worse, it undermines any sense that we are 'in this together'—the solidarity required to weather the difficult months ahead. »

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk increased their wealth by $217 billion in 2020. For this amount, over 100 million Americans could get $2,000 checks.

Authored by businessinsider.com

Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk alone increased their net worth by $217 billion last year, according to Bloomberg.

Last year, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk collectively increased their net worth by $217 billion last year, an amount that could cut $2,000 checks for more than 100 million Americans.

And Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk took second place with about $170 billion, surpassing Microsoft's Bill Gates. »

Tesla fell just short of delivering 500,000 vehicles in 2020

Authored by theverge.com

Either way, that’s more than double what the next-largest sellers of electric vehicles did in 2020, like China’s BYD or Germany’s Volkswagen.

And it’s a remarkable recovery for Tesla considering the impact the coronavirus pandemic had on its operations during the first half of the year.

In October, Tesla said it delivered 139,300 vehicles during the third quarter, slightly better than the 137,000 Wall Street had expected. »

Sen. Mitch McConnell's home in Kentucky vandalized

Authored by fox7austin.com

The Louisville home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was reportedly vandalized overnight.

A photo posted to Twitter shows another message spray-painted on the window of his home.

"Unidentified suspect(s) had painted graffiti on the garage door and left a pig's head on the sidewalk," they said. »

New strain of Covid-19 tripled infections despite UK lockdown, report says

Authored by france24.com

A report by scientists at Imperial College London released on December 31 estimated that the new coronavirus strain tripled its number of infections in England during the November lockdown while the number of new cases caused by the previous variant decreased by a third.

The British government’s latest estimate of the R rate for the UK as a whole, published on December 23, was between 1.1 and 1.3.

The emergence of the new Covid-19 strain prompted more than 50 countries to impose travel restrictions on the UK in late December, many of which were subsequently lifted. »