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Where water stress will be highest by 2050
Water is not only the basis of life for animals and plants but is also likely to become a contested resource in parts of the world in the coming decades, reports Statista.
Three billion people will live in uninhabitable zones by 2070
It's predicted that 3bn people will live in zones that have been made uninhabitable (black areas) by 2070, say scientists.
Number of Russian dollar millionaires falls by a quarter, to last place amongst the BRIC countries
The number of dollar millionaires residing in Russia is down by a quarter (24%) since 2013, to 68,400 high net-worth individuals, ranking Russia last amongst the five BRICS countries.
Africa, Asia most people living in extreme poverty
The place where the highest share of people continue to live in extreme poverty is Sub-Saharan Africa. As of 2019, the latest year available with the World Bank, more than a third of people in the region lived below the international poverty line.
The rise of the BRICS
Over the past two decades, the world has witnessed a profound shift in the global economic and geopolitical landscape, as the rise of the BRICS nations has introduced a growing counterweight to the traditional dominance of the G7.