The nationality of the dog breed makes a difference. Poodles are the official dog of France, but they don't make the top 10 there in 2021. The toy poodle, chihuahua and dashing account for 50% of registrations over the last 10 years. Villibility media play a big part as do celebrity posts about pets.
In 2022 global inflation spiked at a rate not seen in decades. A look at the world’s very
first such bout reveals eerie echoes of today’s woes—and lessons for tackling them. Our correspondent meets Indonesia’s Baduy people, for whom
modernity is encroaching on strict religious and ascetic ways. And our data team finds that
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