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BREAKING: Biden refers to Trump as a 'lying dog-faced pony soldier'

BREAKING: CNN reports that some leading Democrats are thinking 'Biden's performance was dismal' and 'some of the conversations include should we go to the White House to ask the President to step aside'

BREAKING: Brazilโ€™s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize the possession of marijuana for personal use

JUST IN: Fox reports that Kansas has sued Pfizer over 'misrepresentations' and 'adverse events' of COVID-19 vaccine

Most expensive cities for expats, 2024.

1. ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong

2. ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore

3. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Zurich

4. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Geneva

5. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Basel

6. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Bern

7. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ New York

8. ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง London

9. ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Nassau

10. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Los Angeles

11. ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Copenhagen

12. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ Honolulu

13. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ San Francisco

14. ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Bangui

15. ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช Dubai

(Mercer)

BREAKING: The BBC reports that the Greek coastguard has 'caused the deaths of dozens of migrants' in the Mediterranean Sea over a period of three years, including nine people who 'were deliberately thrown into the water'.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US Presidential Election poll

Biden: 44%

Trump: 43%

(Morning Consult)

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BREAKING: The ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ FDA has recommended Eli Lilly's Alzheimer's drug donanemab, facilitating its full approval in the United States later this year.

BREAKING: The Wall Street Journal reports a group backed by BlackRock and Citadel Securities is 'planning to start a new national stock exchange in Texas, aiming to take on what they see as onerous regulation at the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq'

GDP per capita (current prices), 2023.

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore: $84,730

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia: $65,430

๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan: $33,810

๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea: $33,190

๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia: $12,570

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China: $12,510

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia: $4,940

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh: $2,620

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India: $2,500

๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan: $1,460

(IMF)

UNITED STATES: The income needed to 'comfortably afford a home is up 80% since 2020', while median income over the same period has only risen 23%, according to Zillow.

UNITED STATES: Chinese investors own 384,235 acres of American land, according to a report by the US Department of Agriculture.

UNITED STATES: 47% of parents are providing 'financial assistance to their adult children', with an average of $1400 a month given to help cover expenses such as bills and rent, according a report by CBS News.

UNITED STATES: CNBC reports the wealth of the top 1% has hit a record high of $44.6 trillion

Average wealth per adult.

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland: $685,230

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ US: $551,350

๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia: $496,820

๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark: $409,950

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ NZ: $388,760

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway: $385,340

๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore: $382,960

๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada: $369,580

๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands: $358,230

๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium: $352,810

๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France: $312,230

๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง UK: $302,780

(UBS)

BREAKING: Germany, in coordination with Denmark, has supplied Ukraine with an additional 10 Leopard tanks.

JUST IN: Iran says no sign of foul play in helicopter crash in which its president and foreign minister died

BREAKING: Singapore Airlines says in-flight meals will now be suspended when the seatbelt sign is on, after one of its flights earlier this week faced extreme turbulence that left one person dead and dozens injured.

BREAKING: China says that Taiwan's leaders are pushing it into a 'perilous situation of war and danger'