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Military spending, 2025. 🇺🇸 United States: $980 billion. Rest of NATO: $608 billion
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Exports of goods and services as share of GDP. 🇰🇷 South Korea: 44%.🇩🇪 Germany: 43.4%.🇲🇽 Mexico: 36.2%.🇫🇷 France: 34.3%.🇮🇹 Italy: 33.5%.🇿🇦 South Africa: 32.8%.🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 32%.🇹🇷 Turkey: 31.9%.🇮🇱 Israel: 30.4%.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 30.2%.🇦🇺 Australia: 26.8%.🇯🇵 Japan: 21.9%.🇮🇩.
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Fertility rate (births per woman). 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 2.28.🇮🇩 Indonesia: 2.13.🇮🇳 India: 1.98.🇲🇽 Mexico: 1.91.🇫🇷 France: 1.66.🇺🇸 United States: 1.62.🇧🇷 Brazil: 1.62.🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 1.56.🇹🇷 Turkey: 1.51.🇦🇺 Australia: 1.5.🇷🇺 Russia: 1.41.🇩🇪 Germany: 1.39.🇨🇦 Canada: 1.26.🇯🇵 Japan:.
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Bulgaria's population. 1985: 8.9 million. 2025: 6.3 million
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Imports of goods and services as share of GDP, 2024. 🇩🇪 Germany: 38%.🇫🇷 France: 34%.🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 31%.🇹🇷 Turkey: 27%.🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 25%.🇮🇳 India: 23%.🇮🇩 Indonesia: 20%.🇷🇺 Russia: 17%.🇨🇳 China: 17%.🇺🇸 United States: 14%. (World Bank).
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GDP at current prices. 2004. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: $279 billion.🇹🇷 Turkey: $407 billion. 2024. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: $1.4 trillion.🇹🇷 Turkey: $1.3 trillion. (IMF).
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🇪🇬 Cairo's metro population. 1980: 7.3 million. 2025: 23 million
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BREAKING: 10 people killed in Russian attack on Kyiv.
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JUST IN: India's Modi and China's Xi Jinping set to meet on August 31st.
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Do you approve of 🇺🇸 Donald Trump's performance as President?.
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BREAKING: The New York Times reports that CDC director Susan Monarez refused to leave her post 'despite demands from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that she quit or be fired'.
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BREAKING: The CDC's Head of Zoonotic Division, as well as the the CDC Medical Officer and head of CDC's vaccine unit all resign.
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Always curious and full of energy, Beagles turn every walk into an adventure 🐾🎉.
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BREAKING: White House Trade Advisor says that India can get 25% cut from its tariffs if 'they stop buying Russian oil'.
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BREAKING: CDC director Susan Monarez has been sacked just four weeks after being confirmed by the Senate
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UNITED STATES: Gavin Newsom's chances of becoming Democratic presidential nominee rise strongly, currently at 31% according to @Kalshi prediction market.
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BREAKING: Israeli forces conducted an operation in Damascus countryside, involving helicopters and troops, with no clashes reported.
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JUST IN: Reuters reports that India's savings by buying discounted Russian oil, estimated at $17 billion, have been 'undone' by Trump's tariffs which could cost $37 billion this fiscal year.
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NVIDIA market value. 1st of January, 2020: $144 billion. Now: $4.43 trillion
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BREAKING: NVIDIA announces $60 billion share buyback.
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