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At end of November 2021, a new variant of concern (VoC) of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) raised concern due to its specific characteristics. It was detected for the first time in South Africa and has spread at least to 10 countries and territories so far. The variant is called 'Omicron' (lineage B.1.1.529) and has more than 30 spike protein mutations. These mutations are especially under investigation because they could lead to an increased transmissibility and make the virus potentially capable of evading vaccine-mediated immunity.
The first variant of concern was called B.1.1.7 (today: Alpha) and was first detected in the United Kingdom in December 2020. In the meantime there had been verified appearances in nearly 200 countries and territories, as of November 2021. For the first time, the main problem with this variant was its increased transmissibility which was first estimated at 40-50 percent.
In late-November 2021, the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus which causes COVID-19) was designated as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization due to fears about a higher transmissibility from the variant and a possible decrease in the effectiveness of vaccines against it. The Omicron variant has been detected in multiple countries since the discovery, and as of November 29, 2021, 63 cases have been detected in Europe with 18 of these in the United Kingdom.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Korea boast some of the fastest average mobile internet connections in the world, with each of these countries registering average speeds in excess of 200 Mbps as of October 2021. UAE was the fastest, with an average connection speed of 273.87 Mbps, considerably higher than the runner-up South Korea, which registered average mobile connection speeds of 214.47 Mbps.
Fixed-connection speeds around the world
When it comes to fixed broadband connections, Monaco tops the list of countries by average connection speed. Internet users in Monaco achieve an average fixed broadband connection speed of 270.25 Mbps, slightly faster than the 260.35 Mbps achieved in Hong Kong, the second-placed country on the speed rankings.
5G and 6G – the future of mobile broadband
In countries where it is in use, 5G is already bringing faster mobile internet connection speeds than ever before. In Saudi Arabia for example, the average 4G connection speed sits at 28.9 Mbps, and this speed jumps to 414.2 Mbps on a 5G connection.
Now that 5G is commercially available, researchers have already turned their attention to 6G. Operating at a higher spectrum band, 6G will allow connections several times faster than 5G. User experienced data rates of 5G sit at 100 Mbps, and this speed is expected to climb to 1,000 Mbps. Not only faster, 6G will enable more devices to connect to a network without causing congestion, with a connection density ten times greater than that of 5G.
By 2050, internal climate migrants may account for more than six percent of the population in North Africa and roughly 3.5 percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa. This is based on a pessimistic scenario of high greenhouse gases emissions and unequal development. Across the six regions studied, over 2.3 percent of the population is projected to be displaced by the middle of the century, a result of shifts in water availability, crop productivity, and sea level rise.
In 2020, the Asia Pacific region had the highest retails sales value of traditional milk and plant-based milk alternatives in the world, amounting to nearly 48.6 and 9.4 billion U.S. dollars respectively. In Western Europe, the retail sales value of traditional milk and milk alternatives was approximately 20.6 and 2.6 billion U.S. dollars respectively.
NFTs made headlines in 2021 due to increasing number of sales and in particular due to the sales of Beeple's "Everyday: the First 5000 Days", which became the world's most expensive NFT sold for 69 million U.S. dollars. Since then, NFT sales volume skyrocketed, reaching a total of over 10 billion U.S. dollars as of November 12, 2021.
According to a survey conducted in 28 countries, trust in the police is the highest in Sweden, the Netherlands, and in the United States. In 2021, some 60 percent of respondents in Sweden defined the police as trustworthy, while the share of respondents stating the same in the Netherlands and the United States was 53 percent. On the contrary, trust in the police was the lowest in Mexico and South Africa.
Digital voice assistants are versatile and can be used with different devices. A 2021 survey carried out in the United States showed that Siri was mostly used on mobile phones (90 percent), being the voice assistant service of Apple. Google Assistant was also widely used on smartphones (75 percent) in the U.S. On the contrary, 66 percent of U.S. survey participants used Amazon Alexa with smart speakers, as Amazon Echo was one of the first smart speaker introduced to the mass public and has a leading market share.
In October 2021, the average hourly earnings of all employees in the United States was at 11.19 U.S. dollars. The data have been seasonally adjusted. The deflators used for constant-dollar earnings shown here come from the Consumer Price Indexes Programs. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Employees (CPI-U) is used to deflate the data for all employees.
This statistic shows results from the Global Consumer Survey Special "E-Commerce", conducted in October 2021. About 41 percent of UK respondents who had purchased apparel items online stated that they had purchased apparel products from Amazon in the past 12 months.
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