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Your Daily BriefSeptember 26th, 2022 |
Good morning, and happy Monday! Today is the day to plant the metaphorical seeds you will sow throughout your week…and speaking of, did you know that some studies have shown that plants grow faster when exposed to music? The phenomenon has something to do with the vibrations created by sound waves, and apparently, growth patterns suggest that plants prefer classical to rock. Wild stuff! Anyways, here’s what we have for you:
In Today’s Brief
- Italy: Giorgia Meloni set to become the country’s first female prime minister
- NASA: Postponing Artemis 1 launch for the third time this month
- Brett Favre: SiriusXM show placed on hold amid fraud allegations
- WTI Crude: Price of oil falls below $80 per barrel to reach eight-month low
- Alan Rickman: Journal entries show the late actor’s thoughts on playing Severus Snape in the Harry Potter franchise
- Top Tips: Foreign tourists will be able to visit Japan next month; Tropical Storm Ian expected to strengthen into a hurricane before reaching Florida this week; Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show
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Japan will reopen its borders to foreign tourists next month
After more than two years of keeping closed borders due to Covid-19 restrictions, Japan will open its doors back up to foreign tourists.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made the announcement during his visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Per Kishida, tourists will be able to visit Japan without a visa beginning on October 11th, and will no longer need to go through a travel agency to book a visit. The country will also lift its cap on daily arrivals, which is currently set at 50,000.
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Japan allowed visitors from 68 countries and regions including the United States to stay for up to 90 days without a visa. In 2019, the country received a record number of nearly 32M visitors. Last year, it received under 250,000. Meanwhile, the Japanese yen has fallen to its lowest levels against the U.S. dollar in almost 25 years, with 1 yen equaling about 0.007 USD.
State of emergency declared in Florida as Tropical Storm Ian approaches
As Tropical Storm Ian approaches from the Caribbean Sea, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency throughout the state.
Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center expect Ian to strengthen into a “major” hurricane before it makes landfall in Florida mid-week. DeSantis urged residents to prepare for the storm to bring heavy rains, high winds, and rising sea levels. Due to the storm, President Biden postponed a trip to Florida scheduled for tomorrow and also declared an emergency, authorizing the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate disaster relief and provide assistance to protect lives and property.
Ian is due to make landfall in Florida less than two weeks after Hurricane Fiona touched down in Puerto Rico and knocked out power to the entire island of over 3.1M people. Since then, power has been restored to over 870,000 customers, according to poweroutage.us.
NFL confirms that Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Rihanna will headline the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on February 12th, according to an announcement from the NFL.
In a social media post on Sunday afternoon, Rihanna shared a photo of her hand holding an official league football, which the NFL then shared to their official accounts. On the same day, Seth Dudowsky, NFL’s Head of Music, said in a statement: “We are thrilled to welcome Rihanna to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show stage. Rihanna is a once-in-a-generation artist who has been a cultural force throughout her career. We look forward to collaborating with Rihanna, Roc Nation, and Apple Music to bring fans another historic Halftime Show performance.”
The confirmation that Rihanna–who hasn’t released an album since 2016–will perform at the Halftime Show comes days after Apple Music announced that it would sponsor the show instead of Pepsi, who took over sponsorship in 2013.
Around the Globe
- Giorgia Meloni is set to become Italy’s first female prime minister as her Brothers of Italy-led alliance of parties was projected to win between 41-45% of the vote in yesterday’s general election, according to data from exit polls
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview that Ukraine received the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) from the United States; the shipment was approved by Washington last month
- Thousands of people in the Philippines were evacuated after Typhoon Noru reached the coastal town of Burdeos on Polillo Island in the country’s Quezon province; the storm has brought sustained winds of 121 mph and gusts of up to 149 mph
On the Homefront
- Nasa will postpone tomorrow’s scheduled launch attempt of its Artemis 1 rocket over concerns over Tropical Storm Ian; the decision marks the third delay in the past month for the unmanned lunar-orbiting test flight
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, a branch that will focus on communities affected by pollution and oversee the delivery of $3B in environmental justice grants created by the recent passage of new climate legislation, per EPA Administrator Michael Regan
- Police are searching for a gunman after three people were shot at an amusement park in a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; all three victims are in stable condition, per local law enforcement
Glitz & Games
- Singer Post Malone canceled a scheduled show in Boston after going to the hospital for what he described on social media as “difficulty breathing” and a “stabbing” pain; Malone is scheduled to perform in Cleveland tomorrow
- SiriusXM has placed retired quarterback Brett Favre’s NFL show, The SiriusXM Blitz With Brett Favre and Bruce Murray, on hold due to his involvement in an alleged welfare-fraud scheme in Mississippi, according to reports
- Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals became the fourth player in Major League Baseball history to reach 700 career home runs after hitting two in a single game against the Los Angeles Dodgers
Business & Markets
- Stocks closed down during Friday’s trading session two days after the Federal Reserve announced a rate hike of 75 bps (Dow -1.62%, Nasdaq -1.80%, S&P 500 -1.72%)
- The price of WTI Crude Oil fell by 5.7% to reach $78.73 per barrel; the last day crude oil traded at that price was January 11th
- Digital World Acquisition said in an SEC filing that investors had pulled a total of $139M they had planned to commit for the company to merge with former President Trump’s Truth Social platform; see the filing here
Tip & Tricks
- Bump This: Lewis Capaldi has put his own twist and soaring voice on Olivia Rodrigo’s Gen-Z anthem “drivers license” - listen on Spotify
- Game On: Watch Nintendo’s official trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom which is slated for release on May 12th, 2023 (that’s only 228 days away from today…but who’s counting?)
- Look Up: Feast your eyes on this image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope of an intermediate spiral and active galactic nuclei (AGN) type of galaxy called NGC 1961 that shows bright blue stars in a “space spiral”
- Go Deep: Read through some of actor Alan Rickman’s journal entries that reveal insight into why he decided to continue playing the role of Severus Snape across all eight Harry Potter films
- Say What: “I feel like if I want to come back, I definitely can still come back,” Serena Williams said regarding the possibility of returning to tennis in a conversation between her, Bradley Cooper, and her sister Venus for the A+E Network and the History Channel’s History Talks in Washington D.C.
- Hot Goss: Rapper Megan Thee Stallion has launched a website to provide her fans and followers with mental health resources - check out the site here and see if you can pinpoint the song she named it after (hint: it’s on her album Traumazine that dropped last month)
- Life Hack: Success is almost never overnight, but the result of a series of smaller decisions - check out these three simple tips for practicing self-discipline to help yourself achieve long-term success
Looking Back…
On September 26th: English Admiral Francis Drake arrives in Plymouth Harbour, England, completing his circumnavigation of the world (1580); the first televised presidential debate takes place between candidates John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon (1960); the Beatles release their album Abbey Road (1969); American tennis player Serena Williams is born (1981).
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