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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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 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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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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Top Dollar team dug deep on Hotels.com, and it turns out the answer is no. Your next trip could be staying in Novotel Ahmedabad Hotel in India, which costs just $28 a night – the lowest-priced five-star hotel in the world.
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The NetCredit team sourced the price of a basic haircut for both genders in 102 capital cities. The cost of men’s and women’s haircuts in the world differs significantly. Men spend more for a haircut in just 11 of the 102 nations. The most significant gaps are in Africa and some countries of Latin America.
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Data is getting faster in general. The average mobile download speed rose from 22.81 Mbps to 27.69 Mbps in the 12 month. And 5G promises to deliver speeds over 1 Gigabit per second.
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Overall, children’s literature dominating the first positions in the world. “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint- Exupéry is number one. It currently holds the Guinness record for the most translated author for the same book.
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Gym workouts have been off the cards since the pandemic hit, but that’s due to change as vaccination roll-out hits its stride. In the United Kingdom, membership of The Gym Group rose by 33 percent, from 547 thousand to 729 thousand in the first months of 2021. And consulting company McKinsey prognosticates a 5-10% yearly increase in the wellness business just because we have become more conscious of the delicacy of our well-being.
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