If you have to learn Arabic to read one article, let it be this one. This is an interview with #Lebanon intellectual Houssam Itani. It is such a breathe of fresh air, and has it all: A deep understanding of the world and its affairs and interests, and it offers something that is…

A case for why Spain is the greatest country on Earth:

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Pakistan is the World's most indebted country to China.

Top 20 countries in debt to China:

🇦🇷 Argentina: $2.9 billion
🇲🇳 Mongolia: $3.0
🇧🇷 Brazil: $3.4
🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo: $3.4
🇿🇦 South Africa: $3.4
🇨🇲 Cameroon: $3.8
🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire: $3.9
🇧🇾 Belarus: $3.9
🇰🇭 Cambodia:…

If Japan wants to slow its FX devaluation, they could raise rates. However, that would greatly increase their deficit, which the BOJ would have to monetize, and thus accelerate money supply growth.

Or they could sell U.S. Treasuries, of which they are the largest foreign holder.

Can we talk about that Pulisic chip before Reyna’s goal? My god that was saucy

American Hedge Fund billionaire Bill Ackman is a learning machine.

'You can learn investing by reading books.'

Here are his 9 favorite investing books everyone should read:

🇦🇷 Milei's New Fiscal Policy: More Romance, Less Taxes

I went to Russia, Japan, Nigeria, Iraq, and Greenland and asked people what they'd wish for if they found a genie.

🇦🇷 Argentina presidential election: Javier Milei wins

💰The distribution of global wealth:

More than $1 million: 59.4 million adults ($208.3T)

$100,000 to $1 million: 642 million adults ($178.9T)

$10,000 to $100,000: 1.8 billion adults ($61.9T)

Less than $10,000: 2.8 billion adults
($5.3T)
 
According to UBS Global Wealth Report

World of Statistics The distribution of global wealth, as highlighted by the UBS Global Wealth Report, unveils stark contrasts that might benefit from a measured examination. A mere 59.4 million adults holding over $1 million represent a concentration of resources that is profound—and their combined…

Elephant population by country 2023:

🇧🇼 Botswana - 130,000 🐘
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - 100,000 🐘
🇹🇿 Tanzania - 81,000 🐘
🇬🇦 Gabon - 50,000 🐘
🇰🇪 Kenya - 36,000 🐘
🇮🇳 India - 32,500 🐘
🇿🇲 Zambia - 26,500 🐘
🇳🇦 Namibia - 25,000 🐘
🇿🇦 South Africa - 24,000 🐘
🇨🇩 Congo - 16,000 🐘
🇨🇩 DR Congo…

Peter Attia is the #1 longevity doctor.

He charges $150,000 a year to be his patient.

His 13-steps for a long healthy life:

JUST IN - U.S. releases declassified report on COVID origins.

dni.gov/files/ODNI/doc…

Carthage was undoubtedly one of the great ancient civilizations, yet aside from specialists, knowledge about it usually is limited to the Second Punic War or, at most the conflict with Rome as a whole. This thread is concerned with its rise to power before it was brought down.

Things you learn after living abroad, a thread.

BREAKING: Footage of the George Washington Bridge that connects New Jersey and New York City amid smoke from Canada wildfires.

Price per 1 m² to buy apartment in city center:

🇭🇰 Hong Kong: $30,351
🇨🇭 Zurich: $24,021
🇰🇷 Seoul: $20,851
🇸🇬 Singapore: $20,032
🇨🇭 Geneva: $19,122
🇨🇳 Shanghai: $17,798
🇨🇳 Shenzhen: $17,219
🇨🇳 Beijing: $16,787
🇬🇧 London: $16,079
🇮🇱 Tel Aviv-Yafo: $15,704
🇺🇸 New York: $15,349
🇦🇺…