Forty-three per cent of Vancouver residents are Asian, the highest of any other major city outside Asia. Vancouver is known as "Hongcouver" for its similarities to Hong Kong.

Luxembourg has issued five five asteroid mining permits with 60 pending. The Luxembourg ministry said it is optimistic that at least one of these companies will launch a prospecting mission to an asteroid within three years.

How to file a complaint with the federal government about a bad reaction to a vaccination. The website below is marked "hhs.gov" because it is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) https://vaers.hhs.gov/reportevent.html

Michigan's hepatitis A outbreak is mainly in Detroit. A total of 457 cases have been confirmed as of Oct. 30th. Of those, 370 have been hospitalized and 18 have died. As of July 7th, the Michigan Health Department reported only 200 cases. The state agency reported 107 cases from August 1, 2016 to March 1, 2017.

This admission was made yesterday by Sally Ann Iverson, a CDC epidemic intelligence officerin Phoenix, Arizona. She said three samples from Arizona patients were “molecularly identical" or the same as samples from hepatitis A patients in San Diego.

California’s outbreak of hepatitis A, already the nation’s second largest outbreak in 20 years, could continue for many months, even years, said Dr. Monique Foster on Thursday.

Norway and Denmark are next. Both countries have proposed laws to ban veils in public.

On his bicep, Hank Williams' grandson, Hank III, has a tattoo of Unknown's face. His fans who are musicians rate "The Wild She Beast" as Unknown Hinson's best guitar work.

Stuart Daniel Baker performs, writes, produces, and records his own music as "Unknown Hinson". One critic said Hinson imitates the "dark side" of country music and redneck culture. Baker may be best known for his voice in the cartoon series, "The Squidbillies", still seen on the Adult Swim cable network. In this cartoon, Baker is the voice of Early Cuyler, a balding hillbilly squid from Georgia,

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, more than 2,319 people have been paid in excess of $1.8 billion since the program started in 1988. These federal websites show how to file a claim.

"A gun in every closet." In Switzerland, the government admits its citizens have three guns a piece.

At one time, the Swiss government bought each citizen an assault rifle including ammunition. Now, only veterans are allowed to keep their assault rifles and bullets. Military service is required for all males over 21 years of age.

Switzerland had 47 murders last year. Its population is 8.1 million people.

Guns used in murders have been "decreasing" for 30 years, according to Dr. Garen Wintemute. Dr. Wintemute has spent the last 30 years studying gun violence. “Suicide by firearm is far more common than homicide,” says Dr. Wintemute. "Over the past 30 years, firearm suicides have exceeded homicides even when homicide rates were at their highest in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

A gold mining company from Australia paid $856 million two years ago to mine gold in Kershaw, South Carolina. The Haile Gold Mine is 60 miles southeast of Charleston. Kershaw has 1800 people. The mine is already mining and pouring gold ingots.

Orange juice supply and demand has stayed on a 15-year nose dive. This year's Florida crop is the smallest since the 1940's and may be no longer grown in Florida soon. Hurricane Irma has destroyed 70% of this year's Florida orange crop, according to the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association. High winds from Irma have knocked unripe oranges from branches before they can ripen and can be sold. A plant disease called "greening", has infected every Florida orange grove. This disease has become so widespread that it may destroy the state's entire orange crop soon. There is no cure. Growers fear their orange groves may be totally destroyed before one can be found. Also, people's taste for orange juice has taken a nose dived. In the U.S., many people no longer eat breakfast, a time of the day most people are most likely to drink orange juice. Florida's main competitor, Brazil, is also experiencing major declines in sales, crop harvests, and demand. Brazil produces half the world's orange juice. In Great Britain, Brazil's largest orange juice market, coconut water has replaced 80 per cent of the orange juice market.

Elkhart, Indiana is 90 miles east of Chicago, Illinois.

Americans are now drinking an average of 39.3 gallons of bottled a year compared to 38.5 gallons of soda pop.