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March 13th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Monday! Have you ever seen a team score more than 30 runs during a baseball game? Chances are you probably haven’t…but that’s exactly what happened this weekend when the University of New Orleans piled on a total of 35 runs against Mississippi Valley State University. If you were only looking at the score, you might guess the game was football instead of baseball!

In Today’s Brief

France: Adopts pension reform
San Diego: Boats capsize off coast
Rams: Jalen Ramsey traded
Scream VI: Debut makes franchise history

...and more

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Prisoner swap claim

The U.S. State Department yesterday denied claims made by Iran’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Hossein Amirabdollahian that the two countries had come to an agreement on a prisoner exchange.

Amirabdollahian reportedly delivered the remarks on Iranian state television, saying that the deal had been in place since last March and that “if everything goes well on the U.S. side, I think we will witness a prisoner exchange in a short period.” Following reports of Amirabdollahian’s claims, U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price dismissed them as a “cruel lie” and said the U.S. is “working relentlessly to secure the release of the three wrongfully detained Americans in Iran.”

Several U.S. citizens are currently in Iranian custody, held on charges including espionage. Siamak Namazi, Emad Shargi, and Morad Tahbaz are the three Americans whom the State Department referred to; all three have dual American-Iranian citizenship.

Aramco breaks records

Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco yesterday announced record earnings of $161.1B for 2022, representing a 46.5% increase compared with the year before.

During a quarterly call, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser said it was “probably the highest net income ever recorded in the corporate world.” Separately, the company said in a statement that its results were “underpinned by stronger crude oil prices, higher volumes sold, and improved margins for refined products.” The majority of Aramco’s shares are owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, which is the OPEC oil cartel’s biggest producer.

Along with non-OPEC countries like Russia, Saudi Arabia also leads the OPEC+ alliance, which has curbed global production to buoy prices.

Oscars roundup

The 95th Oscars hosted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences took place last night in Los Angeles, CA.

Jimmy Kimmel moderated the ceremony, which was broadcast from the Dolby Theatre. A24’s Everything Everywhere All At Once led the nominations with 11 nods and took home seven statues, including best picture, best original screenplay, and best director (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert). Brendan Fraser and Michelle Yeoh earned their first Oscars, taking home best actor and best actress for The Whale and Everything Everywhere All At Once, respectively. For their work in the latter film, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis earned best supporting actor and actress; it is both their first Oscar.

The Oscars have experienced declining viewership over the past decade, with 2021 drawing an all-time low audience of 10.4M views. Last year, 15.36M people tuned in.

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Around the Globe

Russian forces suffered over 1.1K casualties in less than a week of battles near Bakhmut, according to claims made yesterday by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (More)
North Korea test-fired two cruise missiles from a submarine off its east coast, according to a report from the official Korean Central News Agency (More)
The French Senate adopted the pension reform plan brought forth by President Emmanuel Macron with a final vote tally of 195-112 (More)

On the Homefront

Two boats suspected of carrying migrants capsized off the coast of San Diego, CA, and left at least eight people dead late Saturday night, according to a statement from San Diego Fire-Rescue; an estimated seven are reportedly still missing (More)
Duke defeated Virginia’s men’s basketball team to clinch the ACC championship title; the victory makes Duke head coach Jon Scheyer the first person in history to earn an ACC championship title as both a player and a head coach (More)
Texas Department of Public Safety urges residents not to travel to Mexico during spring break, citing a “significant” safety threat from drug cartel violence and other crime (More)

Glitz & Games

The University of Arizona beat UCLA to earn the Pac-12 men’s basketball championship title for the second consecutive year (More)
South African rapper Costa Titch passed away at age 28 after collapsing onstage during the Ultra South Africa music festival yesterday; no cause of death was given as of last night (More)
Los Angeles Rams trade cornerback Jalen Ramsey to the Miami Dolphins for a third-round pick in this year's NFL Draft and tight end Hunter Long, per multiple reports (More)

Business & Markets

‘Scream VI’ sets a franchise record during its opening weekend at the domestic box office (More)
SpaceX’s Crew-5 mission returned to Earth on Saturday evening in the company’s “Endurance” Dragon spacecraft following a five-month stay at the International Space Station (More)
U.S. regulators shut down New York-based Signature Bank yesterday evening, citing a “similar systemic risk” (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Meet Sunday, a two-year-old Texas toddler who attained internet stardom for her videos of rating candles…and who now receives products from candle companies around the world to review
Sneak Peek: Watch Everything Everywhere All At Once actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Hay Quan, and Stephanie Hsu reunite in the action-packed official trailer for the upcoming series American Born Chinese, scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on May 24th
Bump This: French dance duo The Blaze is trying to fill the hole that Daft Punk left in the country’s electronic music scene with the new single “MADLY” - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: Start your day off strong by trying out this recipe for collard breakfast burritos that will teach you an entirely different way of using eggs
Nerd Out: Read about 2023 DW, a newly-discovered asteroid roughly the length of an Olympic swimming pool which NASA scientists say has a “very small” chance of impacting Earth in 2046…and on Valentine’s Day, no less
Hot Goss: Magician David Blaine reportedly dislocated his shoulder during his show at Las Vegas’ Resorts World this weekend and continued on with the performance after doctors in the crowd helped him pop it back into place (the show must go on, folks!)
Life Hack: We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again - walking is one of the most underrated activities you can do to stay healthy, with a new study from the University of Cambridge showing that a brisk stroll for 11 minutes each day cuts the risk of dying prematurely by almost a quarter

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Looking Back…

On March 13th: William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus (1781); Tennessee’s legislature passes a bill banning the teaching of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution in the state’s public schools (1925); Luciano Pavarotti performs in his last opera at New York Metropolitan Opera's “Tosca” (2004); composer Hugo Wolf is born (1860).

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