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May 12th, 2023

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In Today’s Brief

Ukraine: Counteroffensive not ready
FDA: New rules for blood donations
NBA Playoffs: Nuggets advance
Peloton: Recalling over 2M bikes

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Fallout in Pakistan

Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered former Prime Minister Imran Khan to be released after it declared his arrest earlier in the week to be unlawful.

Khan–who was a professional cricket player before turning to politics–was removed from office more than a year ago in a no-confidence vote in Pakistan’s Parliament. Since then, he has led several mass rallies calling for early elections. On Tuesday, he was detained in the country’s capital of Islamabad outside the High Court, where he was appearing on corruption charges that he and his supporters have claimed are politically motivated.

Since Khan has been held, at least 10 people have died in violent protests across the country and 2K have been arrested. The unrest comes as the nation of 220M people contends with inflation levels that have left many unable to afford basic necessities such as food and fuel. Elections are due in the country later this year.

Title 42 expires

Title 42, the border policy enacted in March 2020 which allowed U.S. officials to turn away migrants who came to the U.S.-Mexico border on the grounds of preventing the spread of Covid-19, has now expired.

According to government officials, the U.S. will now use its authority under Title 8 to impose penalties on migrants who cross the border unlawfully. Such penalties include a minimum five-year ban on reentry and potential criminal prosecution. However, Title 8 stipulates that individuals can no longer be turned away or deported without receiving a screening for asylum claims, which means they will enter the U.S. and be placed in detention centers as they go through a process called expedited removal.

Under Title 42, U.S. officials turned away migrants more than 2.8M times. In the days before its expiration, U.S. Border Patrol reported that it had seen the highest-ever daily totals of migrant apprehensions, with over 10K each day this week since Monday.

WHO ends Mpox emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday declared at a press briefing that Monkeypox is no longer a global health emergency.

According to WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, almost 90% fewer cases were recorded over the last three months compared with the previous three-month period, which means the agency’s highest level of alert is no longer required. There have been more than 87K reported cases of Mpox since January 2022 and 140 deaths across 111 countries, per WHO data. The U.S. declared its own public health emergency for Monkeypox in August 2022 before lifting it in December.

The Monkeypox virus–also known as “Mpox”–is a member of the same family of viruses as smallpox, though it is much less severe. The outbreak was declared a global emergency last July after it had spread to more than 70 countries. Yesterday’s announcement comes six days after the WHO declared that the Covid-19 global health emergency was over.

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Around the Globe

The U.K. is supplying Ukraine with “Storm Shadow” long-range missiles that have a range of over 155 miles, according to the missile manufacturer (More)
Six people in Nicaragua were stung to death by “killer bees” after a bus they were traveling on crashed into a coffee plantation field that contained multiple hives (More)
Ukraine needs more time to prepare its counteroffensive against Russian forces, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (More)

On the Homefront

Federal authorities arrested a U.S. citizen accused of working with China to allegedly suppress political dissenters; Boston resident Litang Liang is reportedly accused of acting as an agent of the People’s Republic of China beginning in or around 2018 (More)
Jobless claims in the U.S. hit an 18-month high, increasing 22K to a seasonally adjusted 264K for the week ended May 6th (More)
FDA announces a new set of rules for donating blood that will reportedly be the same for every donor, regardless of sexual orientation, sex, or gender (More)

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Longtime ‘General Hospital’ cast member Jacklyn Zeman passed away at age 70, according to an announcement from the show’s executive producer (More)
The Denver Nuggets advance to the NBA Western conference finals after beating the Phoenix Suns by a 25-point lead in Game 6 (More)
‘Selling Sunset’ cast member Chrishell Stause marries Australian singer & musician G Flip (More)

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Business & Markets

Stocks ended mixed yesterday, with the Dow and S&P 500 falling while the Nasdaq slightly gained (Dow -0.66%, Nasdaq +0.18%, S&P 500 -0.17%)
Elon Musk said he has found a new CEO for Twitter and that she will be starting in about six weeks, though he didn’t provide the name of the candidate (More)
Home fitness company Peloton is recalling 2.2M exercise bikes due to the risk of injuries from a seat-related issue, the company said in a statement (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: As part of a seahorse restoration project, marine biologists in Australia recently released hundreds of endangered White’s seahorses back into the ocean to live in specially-designed habitats off the country’s east coast
Speak Peek: See Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Mark Ruffalo, and others in the official teaser trailer for Poor Things, an upcoming film about a woman who is brought back to life by a scientist (what could possibly go wrong?)
Bump This: Queens of the Stone Age are back with the new song “Emotion Sickness,” the first single off their first album since 2017 - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Nerd Out: Read up on how a team of engineers at the University of British Columbia have reportedly developed a new method that can permanently remove toxic “forever chemicals” from drinking water…or at least up to 99% of them
Go Deep: Check out this account of how El Chapo’s four sons–colloquially known as Los Chapitos–emerged in their father’s absence to allegedly build the fentanyl empire at the heart of America’s current opioid epidemic
Say What: “If it gets to that panic point, people have to react, we’ve seen that before…it’s a really bad idea because panic becomes something that is not good. It could affect other markets around the world,” JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said in an interview regarding the U.S. approaching a possible default on its sovereign debt
Life Hack: Most of us enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning, and we can get more benefits out of this simple pleasure than we realize - here are seven ways to make your morning coffee even healthier and keep your energy sustained throughout the day

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding makes a big fat return.

100 people demonstrate their different flirting styles.

Looking Back…

On May 12th: The Soviet Union lifts its blockade of Berlin (1949); the Rolling Stones release the double album Exile on Main Street (1972); an earthquake in China’s Sichuan province leaves some 90K people dead (2008); skateboarder Tony Hawk is born (1968).

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