24 November 2021: South Africa reports a new variant of the Sars-Covid 2 virus. The WHO designate it as omicron, inexplicably skipping both nu and xi in the normal alphabetic sequence. 12 October 2021: IMF figures show that US citizens earn an average of $68,000 per year. In Britain it’s around $46,000. Monaco residents are said to get £190,000. If that makes you chuckle mirthlessly and feel left behind, then spare a thought for the people of South Sudan whose annual wages average out at $315. In other words: by the time the average Monagasque is wondering what to have for lunch, they have earned more than most South Sudanese get in a year. But that, of course, understates the case. People who are simply surviving are not really in the money business.
life and death on the borderline
life and death on the borderline
life and death on the borderline
24 November 2021: South Africa reports a new variant of the Sars-Covid 2 virus. The WHO designate it as omicron, inexplicably skipping both nu and xi in the normal alphabetic sequence. 12 October 2021: IMF figures show that US citizens earn an average of $68,000 per year. In Britain it’s around $46,000. Monaco residents are said to get £190,000. If that makes you chuckle mirthlessly and feel left behind, then spare a thought for the people of South Sudan whose annual wages average out at $315. In other words: by the time the average Monagasque is wondering what to have for lunch, they have earned more than most South Sudanese get in a year. But that, of course, understates the case. People who are simply surviving are not really in the money business.