The global pandemic put the humble grocery basket in the spotlight. Switzerland has the most expensive essentials globally, costing $52.95 for a regular basket of groceries. The cost for the same groceries in Djibouti is $6.89, just 13 percent of the price in Switzerland.
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Four U.S. states have no law restrictions on keeping dangerous wild animals as pets (Alabama, Nevada, North Carolina, and Wisconsin). Six states regulate having hazardous animals as pets (Alabama, Nevada, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Delaware, and Oklahoma). Twenty-one U.S. states outlaw all dangerous exotic animals, while the rest need permissions. Thirty-five states forbid holding hazardous animals as pets, with differing exceptions and demands.
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Violence toward children crosses boundaries of geography, race, social status, education, religion, and culture. It happens in homes and streets, schools, orphanages, and other care centers, places of work, and entertainment. Perpetrators include family members, caretakers, teachers, law enforcement officials, and other kids. Some children are especially unsafe because of disability, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, class. And no nation is exempt, whether wealthy or poor.
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The State of Palestine, with a population slightly large of 5 million, theoretically includes the West Bank (a territory that sits between modern-day Israel and Jordan) and the Gaza Strip (which borders modern-day Israel and Egypt). Palestine has been acknowledged by 138 of the 193 United Nations members.
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The best-behaved dog breed on Instagram is the Korean Jindo Dog, with 75.86 percent positive behavior tags. Instagram’s naughtiest dog breed is the Japanese Spitz, with 86.67 percent of Spitz behavior posts describing bad behavior.
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Buenaventura in Colombia is the wettest city in the world, with 258 rainy days every year. Four out of the top five wettest cities are in South America, and the top two are both in Colombia. Most parts of the country are affected by tropical climates, which means high temperatures and high amounts of rainfall, especially in western coastal areas.
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There are 21 nations worldwide where the President must be a natural-born citizen: Albania, Angola, Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Finland, Ghana, Honduras, Kenya, Liberia, Mexico, Nigeria, Philippines, Syria, Uganda, United States, Uruguay.
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Alaska has the most considerable rate of missing person cases in the United States, with approximately one out of each 617 people in the state missing. 3.6% of currently lost person cases in the United States are missing indigenous persons.
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Bella and Max are trendy dog names in Australia, but you’ll find many more Coco’s and Sora’s in Japan. So how do the rest of the world name their four-legged friends?
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To the sneakerhead, unpacking a pair of legendary footwear is a delicate ceremony. New sneakers are more than footwear: Sneaker guru Michael Sykes admits that the latest fashionable sneakers can be more about identity than fashion.
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