The Spectator Index
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31% of 🇺🇸 American parents are unable to afford back-to-school shopping for their kids this year, according to a survey by finance company Credit Karma.
🇨🇳 China's life expectancy 1961: 40 years 2021: 78 years (World Bank)
Intentional homicides per 100,000 people, annual. 🇿🇦 South Africa: 42 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 22 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 9 🇰🇪 Kenya: 5 🇲🇦 Morocco: 2 🇪🇬 Egypt: 1 (World Bank)
GDP growth projection for 2025. 🇻🇳 Vietnam: 5.2% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 4.7% 🇲🇾 Malaysia: 4.1% 🇧🇳 Brunei: 2.5% 🇸🇬 Singapore: 2% 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 1.9% 🇹🇭 Thailand: 1.8% (IMF)
BREAKING: US Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is set to meet with imprisoned Ghislaine Maxwell regarding the Epstein files.
BREAKING: Turkey's foreign minister says that any attempt to divide Syria is a national security threat to Turkey and his country would intervene
JUST IN: Iran's foreign minister confirms that nuclear facilities have been 'seriously damaged' and 'destroyed' in US attack
🇺🇸 US Presidential Election in 2028 winner chances JD Vance: 28% Gavin Newsom: 14% Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: 11% Pete Buttigieg: 9% Marco Rubio: 6% (Polymarket)
BREAKING: Trump says will strike Iran again 'if necessary'
BREAKING: Trump says that Obama 'himself' manufactured 'Russia hoax'
BREAKING: White House Press Secretary says Trump was unhappy with Israeli strikes on Syria, and that one US official said Netanyahu was acting 'like a madman' amid concerns over Israel's 'policies across the region', according to Axios report.
BREAKING: Trump administration releases 230,000 pages of documents on Martin Luther King's assassination
🇺🇸 US total credit card debt Three years ago: $0.88 trillion Now: $1.18 trillion
The average 🇺🇸 American household owes $10,000 in credit card debt, $58,957 in student loan debt, $241,840 in mortgage debt and $22,612 in auto loans according to a survey by PolicyGenius.
Most prestigious universities in the world, 2025. 1. 🇺🇸 Harvard University =2. 🇺🇸 MIT =2. 🇬🇧 University of Oxford =4. 🇺🇸 Stanford University =4. 🇬🇧 University of Cambridge 6. 🇺🇸 University of California, Berkeley 7. 🇺🇸 Princeton University 8. 🇨🇳 Tsinghua University 9. 🇺🇸 Yale…
Growth in GDP (current prices) between 2003-2023. 🇨🇳 China: 966% 🇮🇳 India: 503% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 455% 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 395% 🇷🇺 Russia: 303% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 281% 🇹🇷 Turkey: 265% 🇨🇦 Canada: 136% 🇺🇸 US: 135% 🇩🇪 Germany: 77% 🇫🇷 France: 65% 🇬🇧 UK: 61% 🇮🇹 Italy: 38% 🇯🇵 Japan: -6%
Most expensive cities for luxury living. 1. 🇸🇬 Singapore 2. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong 3. 🇬🇧 London 4. 🇨🇳 Shanghai 5. 🇲🇨 Monaco 6. 🇨🇭 Zurich 7. 🇺🇸 New York 8. 🇫🇷 Paris 9. 🇧🇷 Sao Paulo 10. 🇮🇹 Milan 11. 🇦🇺 Sydney 12. 🇦🇪 Dubai 13. 🇹🇼 Taipei 14. 🇮🇩 Jakarta 15. 🇺🇸 Miami (Julius Baer Index)
BREAKING: 🇹🇷 Turkey could announce a deal for around $5.6 billion worth of Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets 'as early as this week', according to Wall Street Journal report.
World's most liveable cities, 2025. 1. 🇩🇰 Copenhagen 2. 🇦🇹 Vienna 2. 🇨🇭 Zurich 4. 🇦🇺 Melbourne 5. 🇨🇭 Geneva 6. 🇦🇺 Sydney 7. 🇯🇵 Osaka 7. 🇳🇿 Auckland 9. 🇦🇺 Adelaide 10. 🇨🇦 Vancouver (Economist Intelligence Unit)