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There were an estimated 1.9 billion fifth generation (5G) subscriptions worldwide in 2023, with this figure set to reach 8 billion by 2028. 5G mobile technology offers a range of benefits over previous generations, including superior download speeds and reduced latency.
In 2024, Colima in Mexico ranked as the world's most dangerous city with a homicide rate of 140 per 100,000 inhabitants. Seven of the 10 cities with the highest murder rates worldwide are all found in Mexico. The list does not include countries where war and conflict exist.
Latin America dominate murder statisticsExcept for Mandela Bay, all the cities on the list are found in Latin America. Latin America also dominate the list of the world's most dangerous countries. Violence in Latin America is caused in great part by drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and gang wars.
Crime in South AfricaMandela Bay in South Africa is the only city outside Latin America among the 10 most dangerous cities worldwide. The country is struggling with extremely high levels of inequality, and is struggling with high levels of crime and power outages, harming the country's economy and driving more people into unemployment and poverty.
Solar energy accounted for roughly 5.5 percent of electricity generation worldwide in 2023, up from a 4.6 percent share a year earlier. That year, wind and solar generated nearly 12 percent of global electricity.
Bitcoin (BTC) price again reached an all-time high in 2024, as values exceeded over 73,000 USD in March 2024. That particular price hike was connected to the approval of Bitcoin ETFs in the United States, whilst previous hikes in 2021 were due to events involving Tesla and Coinbase, respectively. Tesla's announcement in March 2021 that it had acquired 1.5 billion U.S. dollars' worth of the digital coin, for example, as well as the IPO of the U.S.' biggest crypto exchange fueled mass interest. The market was noticably different by the end of 2022, however, with Bitcoin prices reaching roughly 65,140.75 as of June 18, 2024 after another crypto exchange, FTX, filed for bankruptcy.
Is the world running out of Bitcoin?Unlike fiat currency like the U.S. dollar - as the Federal Reserve can simply decide to print more banknotes - Bitcoin's supply is finite: BTC has a maximum supply embedded in its design, of which roughly 89 percent had been reached in April 2021. It is believed that Bitcoin will run out by 2040, despite more powerful mining equipment. This is because mining becomes exponentially more difficult and power-hungry every four years, a part of Bitcoin's original design. Because of this, a Bitcoin mining transaction could equal the energy consumption of a small country in 2021.
Bitcoin's price outlook: a potential bubble?Cryptocurrencies have few metrices available that allow for forecasting, if only because it is rumored that only few cryptocurrency holders own a large portion of available supply. These large holders - referred to as 'whales' - are said to make up of two percent of anonymous ownership accounts, whilst owning roughly 92 percent of BTC. On top of this, most people who use cryptocurrency-related services worldwide are retail clients rather than institutional investors. This means outlooks on whether Bitcoin prices will fall or grow are difficult to measure, as movements from one large whale already having a significant impact on this market.
As of June 2024, Samuel L. Jackson was the highest-grossing leading actor in the United States and Canada, which combined are known as the North American movie market. Movies featuring Jackson as a protagonist collectively amassed 5.85 billion U.S. dollars domestically. Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Pratt followed as their filmographies grossed 5.47 and 5.34 billion dollars at the North American box office, respectively. Meanwhile, the list of top-grossing film directors of all time included Steven Spielberg and the Russo brothers.
Acting in Hollywood: who leads the way?
One of the most influential film industries worldwide has seen an increasing percentage of women and people of color among its protagonists. The share of non-white lead actors in American cinema went from less than 11 percent in 2011 to about 22 percent a decade later. The gender distribution in Hollywood followed a similar pattern. In 2011, women accounted for roughly one-fourth of the lead roles in films in the U.S. In 2023, the share stood above 32 percent.
Diversity at the Oscars
Historically, the most prestigious ceremony in the U.S. film industry does not always the reality of the moviemaking sector or the country's population in general. For instance, 25 percent of Academy Award-winning movies in 2020 had female lead actors, the lowest percentage since 2016. Also in 2020, over 62 percent of Oscar-winning films had non-white directors – all the moviemakers rewarded at the 2011 ceremony were white.
Amazon.com was the leading online store in the U.S. e-commerce market, with e-commerce net sales of US$135,197 million in 2023 generated in the U.S., followed by walmart.com with US$64,935 million. Third place is taken by apple.com with revenues of US$25,857 million. Homedepot.com is the fourth-biggest online store in the U.S. with net sales of US$19,383 million in 2023.
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China’s mobile game market is vibrant. In May 2024, Tencent's Honor of Kings remained the highest-grossing game app in the country, earning almost 152 million U.S. dollars in revenue. The second placeholder PUBG Mobile from Tencent was far behind. The much anticipated Dungeon & Fighter: Origins, released on May 21, 2024, rose to the third spot with nearly 64 million U.S. dollars. Honkai: Star Rail, the latest role-playing gacha game developed by miHoYo remained as seventh.
For many years, Tencent and NetEase have been the most successful Chinese game developers, holding the lion’s share of mobile gaming revenue. The former owns the super app WeChat and an extensive network of entertainment offerings. The mobile gaming business has been one of the profit pillars of Tencent, contributing nearly 30 percent of its annual revenue (555 billion yuan) in 2022. In comparison, NetEase was half the size of Tencent - 75 billion yuan in online game revenue in 2022.
Having arrived at the gaming scene relatively late in 2011, the Chinese studio miHoYo took eight years to catch global attention. In September 2020, the company grabbed the right timing to launch Genshin Impact during the pandemic. The role-playing game achieved two billion U.S. dollars of revenue within a year of release and continues to be a lucrative title in various markets. The company announced another blockbuster game Honkai: Star Rail in April 2023.
As of June 19, 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo had scored the most UEFA European Championship goals, with a total of 14. In second place was former UEFA president Michel Platini, who scored nine EURO goals for France during his playing career.
As of June 11, 2024, 38 percent of British adults would vote for the Labour Party in the next general election, due to be held on July 4, 2024, compared with 18 percent who would vote for the Conservative Party. The ruling Conservatives have trailed Labour in the polls throughout 2022 and 2023, with a huge gap emerging in September 2022 when Liz Truss came to power. Truss' short time as Prime Minister was widely seen as a disaster for the country and her party, and she was succeeded by Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister that October. Labour has maintained their lead in the polls since Sunak became Prime Minister, and would win the next general election based on the most recent polls.
Sunak gambles on July electionOn May 22, 2024, Rishi Sunak announced his decision to hold the next UK general election on July 4. Unlike many other democracies, general elections in the UK have no fixed date, with the power to call one resting with the Prime Minister, although this must be done at least every five years. While the last election in 2019 was held in the winter, this was mainly due to the political crisis surrounding the UK's exit from the EU. Sunak's surprise announcement came shortly after some positive economic figures were released in the UK. Sunak may hope this will improve his poor job ratings and perhaps boost the government's approval. The job of catching Labour in the polls by July may be a long shot for the Conservatives, especially as no ground was made up in 2023.
After a tough 2022, in which Britain suffered through its worst cost of living crisis in a generation, the economy was consistently identified as the main issue facing the country, just ahead of healthcare. To respond to these concerns, Rishi Sunak started 2023 with five pledges; halve inflation, grow the economy, reduce national debt, cut NHS waiting times, and stop small boats. Over a year on from this announcement, just one pledge can be said to be realized, with CPI inflation falling from 10.1 percent at the start of the year to 2.3 percent by April 2024. There is some ambiguity regarding the success of some of the other pledges. The economy shrank in the last two quarters of 2023 but has since started to grow again. National debt has increased slightly, while small boat arrivals are down from 2022, but still higher than in most other years. The pledge to cut NHS waiting times was not fulfilled either, with the number of people awaiting treatment rising in 2023.
In 2022, Botswana accounted for around 35.1 percent of the diamonds exported from Africa. The country was the leading diamond exporter on the continent. South Africa and Angola followed, representing roughly 29 percent and 24 percent of Africa's diamond exports, respectively. Other main exporters were Namibia, Lesotho, and Zimbabwe.
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