BREAKING: ๐บ๐ธ US markets close down sharply, Dow Jones down 5.5%, S&P 500 down 5.97% and Nasdaq down 5.82%.
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BREAKING: For first time ever, the ๐บ๐ธ Dow Jones Industrial Average has fallen by over 1,500 points on two consecutive days.
BREAKING: US stock market has now lost $10 trillion in value since Trump's inauguration
BREAKING: US stock market has now lost over $9 trillion in value since Trump's inauguration
BREAKING: World Economic Forum founder Klaus Schwab will step down as executive chairman
Number of billionaires.
๐บ๐ธ US: 735
๐จ๐ณ China: 495
๐ฎ๐ณ India: 169
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 126
๐ท๐บ Russia: 105
๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong: 66
๐ฎ๐น Italy: 64
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: 63
๐น๐ผ Taiwan: 52
๐ฌ๐ง UK: 52
๐ง๐ท Brazil: 51
๐ฆ๐บ Australia: 47
๐ซ๐ท France: 43
๐จ๐ญSwitzerland: 41
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 40
(Source: Forbes)
Cities with best public transport.
1. ๐ฉ๐ช Berlin
2. ๐จ๐ฟ Prague
3. ๐ฏ๐ต Tokyo
4. ๐ฉ๐ฐ Copenhagen
5. ๐ธ๐ช Stockholm
6. ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore
7. ๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong
8. ๐น๐ผ Taipei
9. ๐จ๐ณ Shanghai
10. ๐ณ๐ฑ Amsterdam
11. ๐ฌ๐ง London
12. ๐ช๐ธ Madrid
13. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Edinburgh
14. ๐ซ๐ท Paris
15. ๐บ๐ธ NY
(Source: TimeOut)
BREAKING: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls on NATO members to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP
๐บ๐ธ US imports of trade goods from ๐จ๐ณ China
1993: $31.5 billion
2023: $427.2 billion
UNITED STATES: Chances of US recession this year have risen to 44% according to prediction market Kalshi.
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BREAKING: Taiwan says it has detected 19 Chinese warships and the Shandong aircraft carrier group around its island
BREAKING: At least 255 people in Myanmar have died in earthquake, with toll expected to rise.
BREAKING: The State Department is officially shutting down USAID
JUST IN: China announces it will impose tariffs on selected Canadian products
JUST IN: The Nasdaq says it is planning to introduce 24-hour trading by the second half of 2026
JUST IN: Over $1.1 trillion in value was lost from the US stock market today
BREAKING: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen says that Europe faces a 'clear and present danger on a scale that none of us have seen in our adult lifetime'
JUST IN: Japan's 10-year bond yield hits 1.5% for the first time since 2009
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Increase in GDP per capita (PPP) between 2003-2023.
๐จ๐ด Colombia: 159%
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina: 138%
๐จ๐ฑ Chile: 134%
๐บ๐ธ United States: 104%
๐ง๐ท Brazil: 100%
๐จ๐ฆ Canada: 82%
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 78%
๐ป๐ช Venezuela: -22%
(IMF)