LONDON — Calculating national misery is a tricky business, but Bloomberg had a shot.

Its annual "Misery Index" combines countries' 2018 inflation and unemployment outlooks. It is based on the widely-held notion that countries with low employment and low inflation generally indicate a happy population, and vice versa.

While the global picture is generally positive, with 3.7% year-on-year growth forecast for the world in 2018, some countries are blighted by runaway inflation and growing unemployment.

So which combine the poorest unemployment and inflation prospects to rank as the most miserable in the world?

The scores below are based on annual averages of monthly or quartely data for 2017 and forecasts for 2018 from Bloomberg surveys, with an average inflation and unemployment rate for each country added together to form a single figure.

9. Brazil

Misery value: 15.8

2017 misery value: 16.3

Brazil suffers from high unemployment and inflation lies above 4%, but the picture is improving. Its jobless rate fell consistently in 2017 and ended the year at 11.8%, a 14-month low.

8. Spain

Misery value: 17.3

2017 misery value: 19.2

Spain has one of the highest rates of unemployment in the European Union, and continues to suffer the effects of 2008's global financial crash. Its prospects are improving: the jobless rate fell in 2017 from a year earlier, and economic growth continued to outstrip the European average despite political unrest in the northern region of Catalonia (pictured).

7. Ukraine

Misery value: 17.8

2017 misery value: 23.8

Ukraine remains ravaged by a war against Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country, as well as an AIDS epidemic, and high levels of unemployment. Its jobless rate was 9.5% in December, while inflation sat at 1.5%. 

Air India might not be an obvious choice for a flight from New York to London — but when Zach Honig, editor of The Points Guy, spotted a one-way business class ticket for $1,226 (£870) he couldn't resist.

The airline doesn't even rank in the top 100 in the world, according to Skytrax, but Honig's recent experience was surprisingly good — luxurious even.

Especially when you consider that this wasn't Honig's first time flying AI. The first trip he took with the carrier in 2017 — Delhi to New York — he deemed "arguably the worst business class flight of my life."

This time, he flew the Air India 787 Dreamliner, documented his trip in a blog post, and shared photos of the trip with Business Insider.

Scroll down to find out how Air India redeemed itself with this six-hour red eye business class flight from Newark, New York to London Heathrow.

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Before even stepping on the plane, Honig said he was pleased with the convenient flight departure time of 11.15 p.m. from Newark. It provided the perfect opportunity to grab a pre-flight drink at the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, where Air India business passengers are invited to hang out.

The invite to the Clubhouse came as a surprise for Honig, who called it "easily the best lounge at Newark Airport," and even one of the best in the US. "There’s a fantastic bar, sit-down a-la-carte dining, showers, plenty of seating and more," he wrote.

He appears to have made time for a couple of cocktails and a bite to eat before jetting off.

Although the leaders of two of the world's most powerful countries — Germany and Britain — are female, women still have a long way to go to before politics around the world is truly gender-equal.

Only two countries have parliaments which are more than 50% female, according to a database by the Inter-Parliamentary Union.

The ranking lists 190 countries ccording to the proportion of seats in their lower (or only) houses taken by women.

Scroll down to the best countries for women in politics.

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1. Rwanda — 61.3% women in its lower house

2. Bolivia — 53.1%

3. Cuba — 48.9%

Everyone should have a food bucket list, and a new year is the perfect opportunity to refresh it.

Last year, The Waitrose Good Food Guide selected the 50 best UK restaurants to try in 2018.

The guide reviews the best restaurants, pubs, and cafés across the UK based on feedback from readers and expert inspections. However, while each eatery makes our mouths water, making it through the best restaurants in one city can be hard enough, let alone an entire country.

In order to help you wade through the culinary options in the capital, we've compiled the 15 best restaurants in London, according to Waitrose.

The restaurants are awarded a score between 1 and 10, with 1 being "capable cooking with simple food combinations and clear flavours, but some inconsistencies" and 10 being "an extremely rare accolade" with "perfect dishes showing faultless technique at every service."

Scroll down to see the 15 best restaurants in London to try in 2018, ranked in ascending order along with their score.

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15. Murano, Mayfair — 7 points. Coming in 48th in the UK, the Michelin-starred restaurant offers up melt-in-your mouth pasta dishes and Italian wines in a setting that feels like home.

14. Le Gavroche, Mayfair — 7 points. Known as "the last bastion in London of classically rich French haute cuisine," Le Gavroche has become a London institution partly thanks to its Chef Patron Michel Roux Jr. Expect dishes like Black Pudding, Fried Egg, Raw Asparagus Salad, and Spicy Tomato Chutney.

13. Restaurant Story, Bermondsey — 7 points. Tom Sellers tells his story and the story of British food through an ever-evolving tasting menu of seasonal dishes at this south London hotspot, which gained its Michelin star only five months after opening in 2013 and has retained it ever since.

If you own a smartphone, you've likely experienced the feeling: you've got a few moments of downtime so you take out your phone to see what's new. 

Maybe you feel an urge to see what your friends are up to, a need to connect to other people. Maybe you want to squeeze in an extra bit of reading or language-learning or mate-finding or game-playing.

Does this mean you are addicted to your smartphone? Not necessarily. There are technical definitions of addiction that don't apply to excessive smartphone use. And using apps on your smartphone is often just a form of wasting time. Before smartphones, you'd likely have wasted time some other way. In fact, Jonathan Kay, chief operating officer of app analytics firm Apptopia, has a term for it: "displaced time."

"I think what's happening is that people are displacing a lot of time that they would spend on TV and spending it on their phones," Kay told Business Insider. "It's not an added time — it's a displaced time from one medium to another."

But there are some key differences about spending our spare time using our phones, rather than other mediums. For one, they're full of content we’ve chosen for ourselves, rather than content that's chosen for us, like a sitcom on TV, and that can make our phones more enticing, Kay believes.

For another, app makers are using deliberate techniques to attract your attention. They aren't simply relying on you to come to them whenever you have downtime.

"I think people want to be sucked in," Kay said. "Then it becomes a game of who can be more clever at grabbing that attention."

And some app makers use techniques proven to be very successful at luring us in.

Thanks to input from app experts, research on the topic and our own app use, we've identified the tactics used by some of the most popular smartphone apps on the planet to grab your attention. Some of these techniques clearly serve no purpose other than to manipulate your behavior, whereas others are not necessarily insidious and are part of what make the product useful. 

But they all have the common goal of reeling you in and holding your attention.

This list is by no means exhaustive, but it highlights specific tactics used by specific apps across several categories. Take a look:

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Instagram sends dozens of push notifications each week and uses "Stories" to attract you

Out of every app out there, Instagram has got to be one of the most addicting. 

There are several reasons you can get hooked on Instagram: the habit-forming nature of taking pictures and videos, the immediate payoff of pretty filters, and the intimacy of building a social network. 

But Instagram has its own tactics to keep you engaged. 

If you've enabled push notifications on Instagram, you likely receive a message about any number of things: someone's first Story on Instagram, when a Facebook friend has joined the platform, and when one of the people you follow on Instagram is filming live video on the platform. 

You can customize and limit these notifications. But it takes some digging through your settings, and the default is to notify you about everything.

The simple fact is that push notifications, though obvious, actually work. According to research from mobile analytics firm Urban Airship, sending out weekly push notifications can double user retention on iOS devices and have 6-fold increase on Android devices. 

"Push notifications are the first line of this strategy," Randy Nelson, an analyst for app intelligence firm Sensor Tower, told Business Insider. "They address you directly and say, 'Hey, come back to the app.' It's the most overt thing these apps do, and it's integral to the process of re-engaging users."

Instagram has a multitude of other ways to grab your attention, most notably within Instagram Stories.

When Stories was originally introduced in August 2016, it was widely considered a copycat of Snapchat's version, also called Stories. But Instagram Stories eclipsed Snapchat in just one year, and it's not hard to see why. 

Instagram Stories contain fun face filters, animations, and stickers that can be customized to your location or current temperature. They're a great time-waster on their own. 

But it's the way Instagram encourages you to watch Stories at every turn that makes them addicting. Stories are the first thing you see when you open the app — they're housed at the top of the screen — but they also periodically show up in the middle of scrolling through your feed, like in the image above.

And once you're watching one person's Story, you're automatically shepherded into the next person's Story without ever even leaving the interface. If you don't manually swipe or "X" out of Stories, you could end up watching them for minutes on end. 

Twitter uses a psychological trick to lure you in — the same one used in slot machines.

One of the most popular methods used by apps and platforms to keep your attention wasn't invented by techies at all. It's a psychological tool often employed in casinos called a "variable ratio schedule."

The concept refers to when an action is rewarded, but at various times. The user doesn't know when they'll be rewarded, just that they will be — and in no particular pattern. That's what slot machines do. Each time you pull the lever, you may win a small payout, the giant jackpot or no reward at all. 

As Tristan Harris points out, many apps are no different. Harris, who spent three years working at Google as a "design ethicist," frequently writes about the topic of smartphone addiction and started a non-profit dedicated to the subject. In a 2016 essay, Harris likens the "variable ratio schedule" concept — the slot machine method — to a tactic several apps also employ.

When you swipe your finger downward on Twitter, for example, a spinning wheel indicates that the app is loading more content. You don't know what you're getting, but you're hoping to see something new and something that interests you. Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. 

President Donald Trump's fiscal budget request for 2019 includes $686 billion for defense spending.

While Trump has pushed for a larger military since he was campaigning for president, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said more recently that the "real growth" in the military buildup begins with the now-unveiled fiscal 2019 budget.

With this behemoth amount, the military is setting up contracts that will help the US fight the next war against near peer threats. This includes vehicles, aircraft, ships, and hundreds of thousands of munitions, much of which was used up in the fight against ISIS. 

Here are a couple purchases that stand out:

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77 F-35 Joint Strike Fighters

The military seems set on rolling out the new fifth-generation stealth jet. The fighter has recently gotten some good news for future international sales, as tensions in Asia and the Middle East rise.

The purchase of 77 F-35s is expected to cost $10.7 billion.

B-21 Raider Long Range Strike Bomber

The B-21 Raider is a long range stealth bomber that is intended to replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit. Details of the B-21 are scarce, as even Congress doesn't know much about it.

$2.3 billion will be spent on further development of the aircraft, which is expected to be an important part of the future nuclear triad.

15 KC-46 tankers

Aerial refueling plays a massive role in operations against ISIS and the Taliban. The KC-46 Pegasus can carry 212,299 pounds of fuel, and has a maximum transfer load of 207,672 pounds. It is intended to replace the KC-135 Stratotanker.

The price tag for 15 new tankers is $3 billion.

• We spent several hours taking the Tesla Model 3 on a first drive.
• Ben Zhang, Business Insider's senior transportation reporter, and I each took a turn at the wheel and put the car through its paces.
• What impressed us most about the Model 3 wasn't its technology — it was how much fun the car is to drive.

I've driven every car Tesla has ever made, from the original Roadster to the Model X SUV. I've sampled Ludicrous Mode acceleration, experimented with Autopilot self-driving tech, and even once "run out of gas" in a Model S.

And while it's true that I'm very much looking forward to the bonkers-fast next-generation Roadster, ever since last July I've been salivating about some more seat time in the Model 3.

The Model 3 is Tesla's car for the masses, with a base price of $35,000 and range of over 200 miles. It has been touted for years, finally arriving in 2017 — and is now roasting in what CEO Elon Musk calls "production hell." Tesla has something like half a million advance orders for the car. Thus far, it has officially delivered about 3,000.

But does being bad at making the Model 3 mean that the car itself has problems? 

Well, there have been some complaints about early build quality and some technical glitches. But because Tesla started rolling out the Model 3 without going through a manufacturing prototyping process at its Fremont factory, and has endured battery supply challenges at its factory in Nevada, the Model 3 is clearly something of a beta release. Tesla is building the plane after it has taken off.

When I got my first crack at the Model 3, last July in California at a launch event, I was quite impressed. But I only drove the car for about 15 minutes. 

This week, Tesla let us borrow a bright-red Model 3 for a few hours, and my colleague Ben Zhang and I headed west of Manhattan to New Jersey to really put the 3 through its paces. We aren't ready to review the car just yet — that will come later when Tesla gives us a test vehicle that we can live with for a week.

But we are able to offer some first-drive impressions, beyond what I could come up last year. The upshot is that the Model 3 is a dandy little ride, and once Tesla gets the whole carmaking thing figured out (rapidly, if possible), we think owners will be delighted. 

OK, here's a caveat. Our tester was a well-equipped $55,700 Model 3. Wait, isn't the car supposed to cost $35,000? Well, yes, but right now Tesla is building only the $44,000 premium version, and for the moment it's rear-wheel-drive only; the dual-motor all-wheel-drive version will follow. On the plus side, the more expensive Model 3 has a range of about 300 miles on a single charge (the cheaper version will serve up over 200). 

We managed to chop about 100 miles off a full charge in three hours of driving, but we weren't holding back. So for many Tesla fans and EV enthusiasts, the Model 3 has the range to be a perfect daily driver, especially if the owner can plug into 220-volt level 2 charging at home overnight (Model 3 has access to Tesla Supercharger network, but unlike the Model S and Model X owners, fast-charging for Model 3 owners and leasers isn't free). 

Here's how our first drive broke down:

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Design

The Model 3 is sharp. 

Given the scuttlebutt about build quality, we scrutinized our red Model 3 — which was a press car and accordingly prepared — very closely. Sure, there was some misalignment and panel-gapping here and there. But it actually wasn't bad at all. You'd have to be a true obsessive to have major issues with it. 

No rattles, no shakes, no weird noises. The Model 3 is sleek and shapely and it looks dazzling in red. It embodies and extends Tesla design chief Franz von Holzhausen's philosophy, which is elegant and conservative without being boring. The Model 3 isn't supposed to look like some exotic contraption borrowed from the distant future. It's supposed to look good right now.

That it does, from its fine-boned front end to its fastback rear hatch. You could draw a line from the headlight to the tail light, along the Model 3's beltline, and it would be a clean yet expressive line that gives the car a core shape and provides a basis for the smoothly curved roof and the crisp kink of the rear window trim.

The proportions are pretty good — better than the Model S's, as that car now looks, well, big. They aren't perfect: the hood and front fenders, as well as the rear haunches, are stunted, so the middle of the Model 3 appears chunkier in profile than when looked at from a three-quarters perspective. 

Also, I hate to say it, but viewed from the rear versus from the front, the Model 3 seems out-of-balance. The hood doesn't adequately counterbalance the hatch. Fastbacks are groovy, but they can make a car appear back-heavy. I'd almost rather have an old-school trunk lid back there.

In the final analysis, I think the Model 3 is the best-looking Tesla: sportier than the Model S, less spaceship-like than the Model X. The new Roadster is, naturally, a sexier machine. But we won't see it in production for at least a couple of years. For me, it's the Model 3 for the win.

And one other thing: as you can see from the photos that BI's Hollis Johnson captured of the Model 3, the car looks magnificent in motion. This is the acid test of a design. A car is meant to move. A great vehicle has to look great from the outside, on the road, when the driver steps on the accelerator and makes it go.

Performance

Electric cars are, no doubt about it, quick. The Model 3 is no exception.

It isn't as fast off the line as the Model S or Model X — but it's plenty fast. The 0-60 mph sprint is accomplished in just over five seconds. That's speedy enough for anybody, and the quality of that speed is very Tesla, and very electric-car. EVs have 100% of their available torque at 1 rpm, and that's means potentially neck-snapping velocity. 

A Model S P100D with Ludicrous Mode engaged can do 0-60 mph in under 2.3 seconds.

That's jarring acceleration. The Model 3 is calmer. But not too calm. You are rewarded when you punch it.

On the highway, the Model taps out once you're up around the legal speed limit. It has plenty of passing power, but compared with, say, a Model X P100D SUV, it can't rocket away from traffic like a spaceship spooling up its warp drive. 

If that sounds like a negative, it isn't. The Model 3 is a more even-tempered package, performance-wise, than the Model S, which in its more belligerent trims is basically an electric muscle car. I'm one of those guys who likes driving well-proportioned, modestly scaled sport sedans that don't have huge engines. The Model 3 is that in spirit. It's fun in a straight line, but it's more fun going around corners, and in the rear-drive configuration, it offers just enough oversteer and back-end lock-down to be a blast in the twisty parts of the roadways.

The braking can be a bit odd due to the regenerative capability on offer, but you can dial that back. You can also make the steering rather heavy, creating a nice sense of communication with the asphalt, something that Ben enjoyed in his time behind the wheel. Steering can also be set to be more comfortable, for everyday driving.

The battery under the floor isn't a lightweight thing, and although it creates a low center of gravity, it also wants to make the Model 3 go in whatever direction momentum is carrying it. This makes the car feel planted, but it also makes you feel the bulk. We didn't drive the Model 3 irresponsibly, but we did get it leaning into corners, and the car certainly didn't come off as light or tossable. 

That said, I prefer RWD Teslas to their AWD counterparts, mainly because they feel more dynamic.

In normal driving, the Model 3 exhibits a nice, solid personality: smooth, relatively quiet — even at higher speeds — and the steel construction (the Model S and X are aluminum) and bulky battery soak up bumps extremely effectively.

Obviously, there's an element of compromise that comes into play: behind the wheel, you can feel isolated from the more visceral aspects of driving. But Tesla designed the Model 3 to appeal to a broad range of customers. For enthusiasts, there's just enough fun on tap. For non-enthusiasts, the Model 3 isn't intimidating.

And with a truck in back and "frunk" in front, the Model 3 is a sedan that offers cargo capacity on par with some compact SUVs. 

Interior

The interior is groundbreaking. It's the most minimalist I've ever experienced in a car not intended for racing competition.

I've already offered a take on why the minimalism is magnificent.

But in a nutshell, while the Model 3's interior doesn't wrap you in luxury or exude a spirit of sportiness, it does provide the sense that you're interacting with a piece of made-in-Silicon Valley technology.

Like the front of most iPhones, the Model 3 has just one official button inside: the one for the hazard flashers. Otherwise, the 15-inch touchscreen in the middle of the dash is the star of the show. It controls all vehicle functions and replaces the traditional instrument cluster. 

The steering wheel is stripped of adornment: just a Tesla logo two trackballs to manage stuff like audio volume — the in-house stereo system sounds awesome, by the way — and side-view mirrors. There are no visible air vents. A single strip of open-grain wood stretches from the left to right side. Our test car's back synthetic leather upholstery was broken up only by some modest stitching here and there and some brushed metallic trim. The windshield sweeps up as a near-continuous pane of glass, across the roof and down to the rear hatch.

Beautiful to be sure. But also austere. You could say chilly, if it weren't for the strip of wood. 

• The Model 3 is Tesla's first foray into the mass market.
• The Tesla Model 3 starts at $35,000, but our test car left the showroom with the sticker price of $57,500.
• The Model 3 is packed with really interesting features such as a minimalist interior, advanced infotainment, and Tesla Autopilot. 

There have been few cars more sought after in recent memory than the Tesla Model 3. It's Tesla's first foray into the mass market after dominating the luxury electric vehicle segment for much of the past decade. 

This week, Business Insider had the chance to spend a few hours with a brand new Model 3 on the road in and around New York City. 

The standard Model 3 with 220 miles of range starts at $35,000. But, Tesla is currently producing only the top spec edition with 310 miles of range. Our test car Longer Range test car started at $44,000 but, with additional options, cost $57,500.

As you may expect, Tesla packed its most "affordable" offering to date with more than a few really cool and interesting features.

Here's a rundown of just some of the most impressive features available on the Tesla Model 3.

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1. The Tesla Model 3's minimalist interior. It's virtually devoid of buttons. The design is simple, functional, and easily upgradeable in the future.

2. Almost everything runs through the Model 3's massive 15-inch central touchscreen infotainment display. This system is effectively the brain of the car. It also replaces the instrument cluster.

3. The Model FM and internet streaming radio was designed and developed in-house by Tesla. It sounds terrific.

• Presidents' Day is Monday — which means some workers in the US will be getting an extra long weekend.

• Business Insider reached out to three experts to get a sense of some pitfalls to avoid during long weekends.

• They recommended protecting and being intentional with your time off.

Some people across the US will have Monday off, thanks to Presidents' Day.

We already know what successful people will be doing over the long weekend. And we know that President's Day is meant to be a day to celebrate George Washington's birthday, commemorate Abraham Lincoln's birthday, or just honor  the US presidency— depending on what state you're in.

But what about the unsuccessful people among us? What mistakes can we watch out for and avoid?

After all, you don't want your free time go down the drain.

With that in mind, let's discuss some behaviors to avoid. Here are 11 things unsuccessful people do over long weekends:

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1. They neglect their loved ones

"A three-day weekend lets you schedule this critical quality time," said Lynn Taylor, a national workplace expert and the author of "Tame Your Terrible Office Tyrant: How to Manage Childish Boss Behavior and Thrive in Your Job."

That being said, spending a long weekend getting away from everyone isn't necessarily a bad thing.

But unsuccessful individuals don't avoid people because they're mindfully trying to unwind — they do it because something's holding them back from connecting.

2. They stress out

We all need to rest and recharge our batteries from time to time. Unsuccessful people are unable to do this, even over long weekends. This leads to misery during a time that should be filled with relaxation and happiness.

3. They spend a ton of money (needlessly)

You don't want to blow all your cash right before the holidays.

Unsuccessful people don't know how to control themselves over long weekends and end up with empty wallets as a result. Squeezing too many impulse purchases into such a short amount of time is a really bad idea.

If you're looking to have a ton of fun on a budget, consider a staycation or just carefully budgeting your fun in the sun.

• Many millennials are waiting until later to buy their first homes, which means they often don't have the space for the heirlooms their parents are passing down to them.
• That trend, combined with the minimalist movement, has led to an uptick in donations to thrift stores.
• We visited a Goodwill thrift store in New York City to see the trend for ourselves.

Millennials are living with less. 

Young people are scaling back on what they need, taking inspiration from experts such as Marie Kondo, the author of two best-selling books on minimalism, to live a clutter-free life.  

This has led to a generation of consumers who donate, and thrift stores like Goodwill are the biggest beneficiaries.

"We are definitely getting overrun with furniture and about 20% more donations of everything than in previous years," Michael Frohm, the chief operating officer of a Goodwill thrift store in Greater Washington, told The New York Times in August 2017. 

Many young people are also waiting longer to buy their first home, meaning they may not have the space for the furniture, keepsakes, and clothing their parents are passing down to them. 

"We value a mobile lifestyle," Erin Hendrickson, a minimalist expert who runs the blog Minimalist RD, told Business Insider. "We aren't living in 2,500-square-foot homes, so don't have space."

In Middle Tennessee, Goodwill donation director Danny Rhodes has seen an uptick in donations in urban areas where a high concentration of millennials live. He says there's been an increase in donations of dining-room furniture in particular, as it's a room that millennials often don't have in their homes. 

"I'm always surprised to see such nice vintage and furniture items being donated rather than inherited," he said. 

We visited a Goodwill store in Manhattan to see what it's like to shop there now:

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We visited a Goodwill store near Union Square in Manhattan, New York. Goodwill has more than 3,200 stores across the US, in addition to an online auction site.

The store is an easy dumping ground for New Yorkers to get rid of unwanted products that could otherwise end up in a landfill. Goodwill sells items at reduced prices — dresses start at $12.99, and men's suits start at $29.99, for example.

This store has a mix of men's, women's, and children's clothing, along with a small home section.

• We put together a list of the world's richest black billionaires, using data from Forbes.
• The majority of the billionaires on the list are self-made self-starters who built business empires in finance, sports, media, and commodities.
• Only three of the billionaires are from the United States.

Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and Jeff Bezos may be the richest men in the world, but they aren't the only billionaires.

There are 2,043 people across the globe with three commas in their net worths, according to the 2017 Forbes Billionaires list. The 23 wealthiest have $1 trillion collectively.

In 2017, 10 of the world's billionaires — fewer than 1% — are black, down from 12 last year, reports Forbes contributor Mfonobong Nsehe. Three of the 10 are women. All but one, Isabel Dos Santos, are billed by Forbes as self-made.

To compile the full list, Forbes uses stock prices and exchange rates to estimate the net worths of the world's richest people, and then ranks them based on their wealth. We updated the 2017 list using data from February 15, 2018. Forbes maintains a current snapshot of the world's billionaires, updated daily.

Continue reading to see the richest 10 black billionaires in the world, according to our updated version of the 2017 Forbes Billionaires list.

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10. Mohammed Ibrahim, $1.18 billion

Self-made billionaire, 71 year-old Mohammed Ibrahim, was born in Sudan and now lives in the United Kingdom, where he is the 11th wealthiest citizen. Ibrahim became a billionaire after selling his telecommunications company, Celtel International, in 2005, according to Forbes.

Now he spends much of his time focusing on improving the lives of African citizens through the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Net worth: $1.18 billion

Age: 71

Citizenship: Sudan

Industry: Telecommunications

Source of wealth: Self-made

9. Folorunsho Alakija, $1.49 billion

Folorunso Alakija, vice chair of Nigerian oil company Famfa Oil, got her start in business as the founder of an elite Nigerian fashion label, according to Forbes.

The 66 year-old self-made billionaire lives in Lagos, Nigeria and has four children. Her son, Folarin Alakija, recently married Iranian model Nazanin Jafarian Ghaissarifar, in a lavish, multi-million dollar wedding, which took place in England.

Net worth: $1.49 billion

Age: 66

Citizenship: Nigeria

Industry: Oil, Retail

Source of wealth: Self-made

8. Michael Jordan, $1.65 billion

One of the most successful athletes of all time, Michael Jordan, 54, made a total of $90 million as a basketball player, according to Forbes. Since retiring from the NBA, he has amassed the majority of his wealth through his relationship with Nike and other corporate partnerships.

Jordan, who also owns a stake in the Charlotte Hornets, now makes more in one year than he did during his entire professional basketball career, as Business Insider's Cork Gaines reported.

Net worth: $1.65 billion

Age: 54

Citizenship: United States of America

Industry: Basketball, Retail

Source of wealth: Self-made

• Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, and Aman Resorts are luxury hotel chains with locations all over the world.
• We compared the luxury hotel chains on price, locations, design, amenities, and perks to find out which is the best.
• Four Seasons and Aman Resorts were close, but one was the clear winner.

To be a luxury hotel, a resort has to be more than expensive — although you should definitely expect to pay high prices if you want to stay in splendor and indulgence.

As defined by Travel + Leisure, "a luxury hotel promises something all travelers dream of: a lavish break from daily life and a sumptuous journey into an opulent otherworld. Luxury hotels promise the best service in the best settings, from room to restaurant."

Four Seasons, Mandarin Oriental, and Aman Resorts are among the most popular luxury hotel chains in the world. All three have resorts in the United States and around the globe with stellar service and consistent elegance. 

We took an in-depth look at the three luxury hotel chains and compared them on price, number of locations, design, standard amenities, and extra perks.

Customer service is another important aspect to look at for hotels, but we found that guest services at all three of these companies is so strong that they were impossible to rank. All of them have marvelous concierges and staff that will go out of their way to make sure each guest loves their stay.

Each chain had their greatest strengths, but at the end of the day, one stood out above the rest.

Keep reading to find out how they stacked up. 

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Value

We compared the nightly rates of each hotel chain in three cities where all of them operate: Marrakech, Morocco; Shanghai, China; and Tokyo, Japan. All prices are available on hotel websites and are for a one night stay for two adult guests.

In Marrakech, the lowest nightly rates at the Mandarin range from $1,059 to $1,303. On a typical night at the Mandarin Oriental Marrakech, the most expensive room would be $2,545.

At the Aman in Marrakech, the cheapest room goes for $807 most nights but the most exquisite option will set you back $3,352.

At the Four Seasons, the cheapest stay is usually less than $620 and often less than $497 in Marrakech. In addition to the lowest rate, the Four Seasons provides the most options for rooms and thus the greatest price flexibility. The panoramic two-bedroom presidential suite costs $3,476 most nights. 

Similar results were found in Shanghai and Tokyo.

Four Seasons wins here because it offers the cheapest hotel rooms, but also has the widest range of room types, including suites as expensive as anything Mandarin or Aman offers.

Best value: Four Seasons

Locations

Mandarin Oriental and Aman have similar global presences. Each has 32 destinations in 20 countries. Aman has only three locations in the US, while Mandarin Oriental has twice as many.

The majority of Aman's resorts are in Asia, where the company was founded and is headquartered. Mandarin Oriental is dispersed equally between Asia-Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. 

Four Seasons is the largest luxury hotel chain by far, with 109 resorts in 46 countries. Four Seasons has four resorts in Central and South America, Mandarin has one, and Aman has none. And even with Aman's centrality in Asia, Four Seasons still has more resorts on the world's most populated continent.

Most locations: Four Seasons

Design

Each of the three hotel chains has a distinct design that often mimics the local architecture in a given destination.

Four Seasons describes its interior guest rooms as "refined, relaxed, and stylish" while "the design of each room reflects the architecture of its building."

Aman shares the same approach as Four Seasons. "The key element, I think, is that the design must be relevant to the location of the resort," Adrian Zecha, founder of Aman said.

Case in point: Aman's new Shanghai resort,  Amanyangyun, is made up of villas preserved from Ming and Qing dynasty homes. The antique structures were restored and set amid serene courtyards for guests to enjoy. 

Meanwhile, Mandarin Oriental uses design that traces back to its Asian roots with a combination of traditionally Asian decor and a hyper-modern twist. Less so than the other hotels, Mandarin sticks to a single template and designs all of its hotels without regard for the locality. 

Mandarin describes its own hotels as having "elegant classical design" combined with "contemporary detailing." The consistency between hotels ensures a Mandarin hotel has the same style whether in Jakarta or New York.

For the lengths Aman goes to make sure each hotel fits naturally into the climate, it gets the upper edge here.

Best design: Aman

Netflix has a lot of original content in store for the rest of this year. 

While Netflix has already released new seasons of a few fan-favorite shows like "Grace and Frankie" and "Lovesick," the streaming service is also set to release some new and anticipated originals. 

We've already seen the premiere of the new sci-fi series "Altered Carbon" and David Letterman's new talk show. Among the shows still to come is the series "Maniac," a dark comedy starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone.

Netflix has said it will spend $8 billion on shows and movies in 2018 — up from the $6 billion it spent in 2017. 

To help you sort through all of the upcoming content, we've compiled a list of original shows that Netflix has confirmed are coming out in 2018. This excludes movies, kids' shows, and series that might not come out until 2019 or later.

Here are all the shows we know Netflix is for sure putting out in 2018, along with their release date if available:

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"Lovesick" (Season 3) — Released January 1

Netflix description: "In his quest for true love, Dylan found chlamydia. Joined by friends Evie and Luke, he relives past encounters as he notifies all his former partners."

"The End of the F***ing World" (Season 1) — Released January 5

Netflix description: "A budding teen psychopath and a rebel hungry for adventure embark on a star-crossed road trip in this darkly comic series based on a graphic novel.

"Disjointed" (Season 1 - Part 2) — Released January 12

Olympic athletes are the best in the world at what they do.

They dedicate their lives to reaching the top levels of their chosen sport, knowing that they'll have just a few moments to put their years of work to the test.

Right now, we're seeing athletes like Mikaela Shiffrin put their training to work at the Winter Olympics. Two years ago, we got see some of the world's greatest athletes — like Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps — put their skills on display at the summer games.

These athletes have cultivated habits that are essential for reaching peak performance in sports — or really, any aspect of life.

Most of us may not have the combination of genetic gifts, motivation, talent, and training needed to become Olympians. But we can still learn from these habits.

These are some of the most important performance-related habits that top Olympians have in common.

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They're comfortable with being uncomfortable.

On the most basic level, the top performers in any sport are going to have to push themselves harder than anyone else if they're going to win out. And that's going to hurt. 

As Alex Hutchinson writes in his new book "Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance," researcher Samuele Marcora's definition of effort is also one of the best ways to understand endurance. It's "the struggle to continue against a mounting desire to stop."

For athletes at the Olympics, that's the key. But that ability is even more important for the years of training that get people to the top levels.

That sheer toughness is particularly on display when you look at athletes like Lindsay Vonn, who has recovered from injuries and gotten back into competition shape. Vonn suffered through multiple ACL tears, broken bones, and more, all to go on and become one of the most decorated skiers of all time. 

They eat enough to fuel what they need to do.

Forget the idea of limiting calories to try to develop an Olympic body. Top athletes know they can't build muscle and sustain the performance they have to if they don't eat enough.

Most athletes try to eat at least a healthy diet — despite stories about competitors like Usain Bolt subsisting purely on McDonald's during the games.

But they eat plenty.

Even as he improved the nutritional content of his meals from the 2008 Olympics to the 2012 games, Michael Phelps continued to at least pack on the calories, giving himself enough fuel to add to his medal count. Athletes like Mikaela Shiffrin consume 3,000 calories a day, making sure they get enough carbs in every meal to provide steady fuel.

Balance and moderation are key, according to Shiffrin. But so is pasta.

They sleep well and then take a nap.

Athletes take the opposite approach from the "sleep when you're dead" crowd.

They know that if they're actually going to perform at a top level, they need to get enough rest to build stronger muscles and have their brains convert new skills from short-term memory to long-term memory — so those skills can eventually become instincts.

"Rest isn't lazily slothing around; it's an active process in which physical and psychological growth occurs," Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness write in their recent book "Peak Performance."

US Ski Team star Mikaela Shiffrin, who is on track to become the most decorated skier in history, tries to get in an hourlong nap every day even though she gets an average of nine hours of sleep every night.

An ardent meat-lover never forgets her first taste of Chipotle's Sofritas.

In 2014, the fast-casual chain added its first new menu item: organic shredded tofu that's braised and marinated with chipotle chiles, roasted poblanos, and a sizzling spice blend.

When Chipotle offered a promotion to try its looks-like-meat, smells-like-meat vegan substitute, in exchange for a free burrito coupon, Sofritas sold out at a bunch of locations nationwide.

Today, even meat-eaters (like me) often opt for Sofritas as a healthier alternative to meat that doesn't compromise taste. People say it's spicy, flavorful, and almost mistakable as ground beef.

I recently toured the factory where Hodo, an organic tofu company based in Oakland, California, makes the tofu for Chipotle's Sofritas. Take a look to see how it's made.

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In a factory in Oakland, California, a team of over 100 Hodo employees work on making tofu products that Americans — historically, a tofu-adverse bunch — will enjoy eating.

Many Americans know tofu as a chalky white brick that crumbles when you bite into it. Minh Tsai, founder and CEO of Hodo, set out to make tofu that's creamy and flavorful on its own.

By selling products wholesale to chains like Chipotle and Sweetgreen and partnering with fine-dining chefs across the country, Hodo lets consumers taste the possibilities.

Netflix has managed to breathe new life into a number of TV shows thought dead, including "Arrested Development,""Gilmore Girls," and "Full House." And networks have done the same, rebooting classics like "Will & Grace" and "Roseanne." 

But there are still shows that fans wish had one more season — the guilty pleasures or cult-classics that didn't get enough attention, but gained a loyal following. 

On Friday, Reddit users responded to a question about which cancelled TV shows they loved, and would like one more season of. The results ranged from sci-fi one-season wonder "Firefly," to comedies that didn't gain the audience they deserved, such as "Pushing Daisies."

Below are 11 of the best suggestions from Reddit of shows that needed one more season:

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"Almost Human"

Network: Fox

Seasons: 1 

Year aired: 2013-2014

Reddit comment: "Fox just had to air the episodes out of order and kill another sci-fi show."

"Carnivale"

Network: HBO

Seasons: 2

Year aired: 2003-2005

Reddit comment: "Carnivale was amazing and really deserved an extra season for a conclusion! I’d even settle for a book or graphic novel to get all of my questions answered."

"Dark Matter"

Network: SyFy

Seasons: 3

Year aired: 2015-2017

Reddit comment: "Ended on one massive cliffhanger. Just when the show had truly hit its stride."

• Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle are both 36 years old. Queen Elizabeth II was 36 in 1963.
• Queen Elizabeth's life then looked a lot different than Middleton's and Markle's lives look today.
• For example, Markle and fiancé Prince Harry don't yet have kids — Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip were already married for 15 years and expecting their fourth child.

Being a member of the British royal family today is a drastically different job than it was half a century ago.

Across the globe, people look at Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, both 36 years old, as the picture of elegance. People saw Queen Elizabeth II the same way in 1963, when she was 36 — but her lifestyle was rather more traditional. She'd been married for years, sported white gloves and pearls ... and definitely didn't use Instagram.

Below, we highlighted the starkest contrasts between Middleton's and Markle's lives today and Queen Elizabeth's when she was their age.

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At age 36, Queen Elizabeth had already been queen for 11 years. She was born into royalty: Her father was King George VI and her mother was Queen Elizabeth.

Source: INSIDER, Associated Press

Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, on the other hand, didn't come from royal blood. Middleton is still called the "Duchess of Cambridge," and Markle will likely be known as the "Duchess of Sussex" when she marries Prince Harry.

Source: Business Insider

At 36, Queen Elizabeth had been married to Prince Philip for 15 years.

Source: INSIDER

• The security features on Air Force One are extensive.
• The body of the plane can withstand a nuclear blast.
• Many of these features are hidden to the untrained eye.

Embellished with the American flag, the presidential seal, and the words "United States of America," the world's most famous plane is as tall as a six-story building and gives an undeniable authoritative presence wherever it flies.

The three-leveled "flying Oval Office" is a custom Boeing 747-200B that has 4,000 square feet of interior floor space, including a conference room, dining room, private quarters for the president, offices for senior staff members, a medical operating room (a doctor flies on every flight), press area, two food-preparation galleys that can provide 100 meals, and multifrequency radios for air-to-air and air-to-ground communication.

Former President Barack Obama's Air Force One cost taxpayers $206,337 every hour it was in flight, according to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) letter obtained by Judicial Watch.

This post was originally written by Amanda Macias.

• Cities like London, Rome, and Paris have always attracted rich people in search of a pied-à-terre.
• But Kenya, famous for its African safari, is one of the most popular second-home destinations for rich Africans. 
• Increasingly, wealthy buyers from places like the UK, America, and Italy, are looking to buy vacation property in Kenya.  

Kenya is often recognized as one of the best and most beautiful travel destinations for African safari in the world.

Kenya's 19 game reserves and vast Indian Ocean coastline drew more than 1.4 million tourists to the country last year, many of whom were visiting from other parts of Africa.

But some of the wealthiest tourists aren't just one-time visitors; they're actually buying property there, according to a new report from Knight Frank, a London-based real estate consultant.

Kenya is among the top-five most popular second home locations for the wealthiest people in Africa. While the market for beachfront vacation homes is, at present, dominated by rich families from Nairobi, about 4% of the global high-net-worth population has interest in owning a home in Kenya, according to Knight Frank research.

Brits represent the largest group of potential buyers interested in Kenyan property, followed by 16% of wealthy South Africans, and 11% of Spanish, Mauritian, and Americans.

Below, take a look at what is drawing the world's wealthiest people to Kenya.

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Nairobi is a melting pot and a regional hub for the technology and hotel industries, but many visitors are eager to spend time outside the bustling city.

Source: Knight Frank

Coastal areas and countryside regions in Kenya are popular spots for vacationers.

Kenya's tourist season last about 40 weeks out of the year, one of the longest of any beach locale. Plus, there's no typhoon season or extreme weather conditions.

Source: Knight Frank

This February marks six months since a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned violent. One counter-protester, Heather Heyer, died and dozens more sustained injuries after a driver plowed into a crowd.

Heyer's homicide reinvigorated a national conversation about the role of Confederate statues, memorials, and plaques in public spaces. According to a recent study by the Southern Poverty Law Center, over 1,500 symbols of the Confederacy stand in public places in the US.

Since the Charlottesville incident, more than two dozen cities have removed Civil War-era monuments from plazas, parks, and government buildings or are considering such proposals. Officials from these cities argue that Confederate iconography encourages a revisionist history of the Civil War, during which Confederate states fought for the right to maintain slavery.

The movement to rid streets of these monuments may be just starting. Here are 9 cities that have already done away with them.

SEE ALSO: There are hundreds of Confederate monuments across the US — here's when they were built

Annapolis, Maryland

The Confederate figure: Roger Taney, a Supreme Court Justice who passed the 1857 Dred Scott Decision, which ruled that black Americans should not be considered American citizens.

What happened: In August, Republican Gov. Larry Hogan called for the removal of a statue of Taney's statue, which was located on a perch in front of the State House, according to The Baltimore Sun.

Future plans: The eventual home of the monument, now sitting in storage, is uncertain.

New York, New York

The Confederate figures: Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

What happened: In August, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a "review of all symbols of hate on city property." A closed Episcopal church soon removed two plaques honoring Lee, and Bronx Community College took down busts of Lee and Jackson.

Future plans: Several more memorials remain, including a number of street names that pay tribute to the Confederacy. As The New Yorker notes, it can be hard to get rid of Confederate monuments in the city if they are on private property. There are also powerful organizations, like the United Daughters of the Confederacy, that lobby to preserve them.

Durham, North Carolina

The Confederate figures: Confederate General Robert E. Lee along with the Confederate Soldiers Monument (known as "The Boys Who Wore Gray"), which memorialized the soldiers from Durham County who fought for the Confederacy.

What happened: Duke University removed a Lee statue from Duke Chapel in August 2017. Five days prior, protesters also toppled the Confederate Soldiers Monument, and now, eight of them face misdemeanor charges. On Monday, the charged protesters will appear in court, according to The Independent Weekly.

Future plans: North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed relocating three more Confederate monuments outside the State Capitol to the Bentonville Battlefield Historic Site, according to a local CBS station.