Military spending, 2024. 🇺🇸 US: $968 billion 🇨🇳 China: $235 billion 🇷🇺 Russia: $145.9 billion 🇩🇪 Germany: $86 billion 🇬🇧 UK: $81.1 billion 🇮🇳 India: $74.4 billion 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: $71.7 billion 🇫🇷 France: $64 billion 🇯🇵 Japan: $53 billion 🇰🇷 South Korea: $43.9 billion 🇦🇺 Australia: $36.4 billion 🇮🇹 Italy: $35.2 billion 🇮🇱 Israel: $33.7 billion 🇺🇦 Ukraine: $28.4 billion 🇵🇱 Poland: $28.4 billion 🇨🇦 Canada: $27 billion 🇧🇷 Brazil: $24.4 billion 🇳🇱 Netherlands: $23.6 billion 🇦🇪 UAE: $22.3 billion 🇩🇿 Algeria: $21.4 billion 🇪🇸 Spain: $19.4 billion 🇹🇼 Taiwan: $18.9 billion 🇸🇬 Singapore: $15.2 billion 🇹🇷 Turkey: $14.3 billion 🇮🇶 Iraq: $12.7 billion 🇸🇪 Sweden: $12.3 billion 🇮🇩 Indonesia: $10.9 billion 🇲🇽 Mexico: $10.2 billion 🇳🇴 Norway: $9.8 billion 🇶🇦 Qatar: $9.7 billion (International Institute for Strategic Studies)

BREAKING: US government shutdown enters 36th day, make it the longest ever. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/29ac8ea05f22b33d2fdf358e2774a77fa6bc852a3d76731e97915c41564663a4.file

Share of men who smoke cigarettes. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 70.5% 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 70.2% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 60.6% 🇨🇱 Chile: 49.2% 🇨🇳 China: 47.7% 🇿🇦 South Africa: 46.8% 🇬🇷 Greece: 45.3% 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 43.2% 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 42.7% 🇹🇭 Thailand: 42.5% 🇪🇬 Egypt: 42.3% 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: 42.2% 🇮🇳 India: 42% 🇵🇭 Philippines: 41.6% 🇹🇷 Turkey: 41.5% 🇺🇦 Ukraine: 41% 🇷🇺 Russia: 40.9% 🇮🇶 Iraq: 40.8% 🇷🇸 Serbia: 40% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 38.2% 🇭🇷 Croatia: 37.9% 🇰🇵 North Korea: 37.5% 🇰🇭 Cambodia: 37.4% 🇩🇿 Algeria: 36.3% 🇫🇷 France: 36% 🇦🇪 UAE: 35.6% 🇷🇴 Romania: 35.2% 🇮🇱 Israel: 35.2% 🇭🇺 Hungary: 34.8% 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 33.6% 🇵🇹 Portugal: 33.3% 🇯🇵 Japan: 33.2% 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 31.2% 🇺🇸 United States: 30.9% 🇦🇹 Austria: 30.4% 🇵🇱 Poland: 30.3% 🇩🇪 Germany: 29.9% 🇪🇸 Spain: 29.1% 🇦🇷 Argentina: 28.2% 🇨🇭 Switzerland: 27.8% 🇸🇬 Singapore: 27.8% 🇮🇹 Italy: 27.1% 🇧🇪 Belgium: 26.9% 🇮🇪 Ireland: 26.1% 🇳🇱 Netherlands: 25.6% 🇮🇷 Iran: 24.6% 🇨🇦 Canada: 22.7% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 21.5% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 21.2% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 21.1% 🇫🇮 Finland: 21% 🇦🇺 Australia: 18.7% 🇩🇰 Denmark: 18.4% 🇳🇴 Norway: 15.5% 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 9% 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 8.3% 🇸🇪 Sweden: 6% (Source: World Health Organization)

Combined GDP of 🇩🇪 Germany 🇯🇵 Japan 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇫🇷 France 🇮🇹 Italy 🇰🇷 South Korea 🇦🇺 Australia 🇪🇸 Spain Total: $23.6 trillion 🇺🇸 United States: $29.1 trillion

JUST IN: China has banned foreign artificial intelligence chips from state-funded data centres, according to Reuters report. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/6f8906c36f06cbd80b0efdbcd54a0beb9fa1e1b6694083208dec9af8208bcdbe.file