Today's Top 3 News: Vanuatu Earthquake Will Not Affect Indonesian ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English rounded the top three news on Wednesday, January 24, 2024. Here are the highlights: Countries with the Highest and Shortest Average Height in the World, Forbes' List of 10 Richest People in the World in January 2024, and Vanuatu Earthquake Will Not Affect Indonesian Coasts, BMKG Says.

The following is the list of the top 3 news on Tempo English today:

1. Countries with the Highest and Shortest Average Height in the World

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - World Population Review released a list of countries with the highest and shortest average height in the world in 2023. Indonesia is in first place as the country with the shortest average height in the world. Meanwhile, the Netherlands gets the top position as the country with the highest average height.

Caucasian people in Europe, America, Australia and New Zealand are known to have a height above the average for other human races on earth. However, not all countries have the same average height. The Netherlands, which was originally relatively short compared to other European countries, has now become at the top.

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2. Forbes' List of 10 Richest People in the World in January 2024

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - U.S. business magazine Forbes has recently published the ranking of the world's richest people in January 2024, and it suggests that global entrepreneurs are experiencing a decline in the value of their net worth early this year. 

While several billionaires have lost some of their wealth, the ranking has not changed significantly compared to the previous month, December 2023. 

Here is a list of the top 10 richest people in the world in January 2024, with a combined fortune of nearly US$1.47 trillion. This figure and the other currency values mentioned in this article are accurate as of January 18, 2024.

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3. Vanuatu Earthquake Will Not Affect Indonesian Coasts, BMKG Says

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency or BMKG announced that the Vanuatu earthquake in the Pacific Ocean will not affect Indonesia. 

The 6.5-magnitude earthquake in Vanuatu was located southwest of Vanuatu Islands on Tuesday at around 09:33 p.m. WIB (Western Indonesia Time). In detail, this earthquake was located at 17.92 Southern Latitude and 168.01 Longitude West, a 35-kilometer distance to Port Vila-Vanuatu.

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