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Your Daily BriefNovember 16th, 2022 |
Good morning, and happy Wednesday! If you feel the need to snooze your alarm today, don’t feel bad. New research has shown that hitting the snooze button may help you combat exhaustion, and apparently, just about 57% of adults in the United States do it regularly to catch some extra winks. Plus, if we’re being honest…we did it today, too.
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In Today’s Brief
- China: Riots amid Covid lockdown measures
- Beyoncé: Ties Jay-Z for most Grammy nominations ever
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Tom Ford: Bought for $2.3B
...and more
Russian missiles hit several areas of Ukraine following Kherson retreat
Days after its troops withdrew from Kherson, Russian forces yesterday launched a missile barrage on Kyiv and several other parts of Ukraine.
According to a Telegram post from Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the attack is the largest wave of missile strikes since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Per Klitschko, at least three residential buildings were hit, and within those buildings, at least one person was confirmed dead. Klitschko also reported that while Ukrainian forces shot some missiles down, at least half of Kyiv’s residents were without electricity due to emergency outages in what he deemed was a “necessary step to balance the power system.”
Per Ukrainian officials, missiles also hit Lviv and Rivne in the west, Kharkiv in the northeast, Kryvyi Rih and Poltava in the center, Odesa and Mykolaiv in the south, and Zhytomyr in the north, targeting the country’s energy and infrastructure. Following the attack, officials from NATO member Poland said that a Russian-made missile hit a village about 4 miles from its border with Ukraine on the same day, leaving two of its citizens dead.
NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket takes off from Kennedy Space Center
After two mission scrubs and two hurricane delays, NASA’s Artemis 1 moon rocket took off in the debut launch of the agency's Artemis project early this morning.
At 1:48 AM EST, the 32-story tall rocket successfully blasted off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida to send its unmanned Orion capsule on a 25-day voyage around the moon and back. NASA had scrubbed launch attempts for Artemis 1 in August and September due to a faulty engine sensor and hydrogen leaks, which the agency then repaired. Hurricane Ian forced the rocket to roll back to its hangar prior to its next scheduled launch attempt, and when it moved to its launch pad last week, Hurricane Nicole led NASA to postpone the launch for two days.
NASA’s intent behind the Artemis project–which is expected to cost $93B–is to return humans to the surface of the moon, a feat they aim to achieve with Artemis 2. The last time the agency sent a space vehicle designed to send astronauts to the moon was in 1972.
Former President Donald Trump announces 2024 presidential campaign
Former President Donald Trump last night announced that he is running again for president of the United States in 2024.
Delivering the announcement in the ballroom of his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said, “I am announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” and followed up with, “Two years ago, we were a great nation, and soon, we will be a great nation again.” The announcement and official paperwork filing comes less one week after results of the midterm elections ensured the Democratic Party maintains control of the Senate, and amid a civil fraud lawsuit the former president is facing in New York state accusing him and his company of overvaluing his assets.
Should Trump win against current President Biden in 2024–who said he intends to run for reelection–he would become only the second president in U.S. history to return to the Oval Office by defeating the man who beat him, following Grover Cleveland in 1892.
Around the Globe
- Poland yesterday increased the readiness of some military units and was considering whether to request consultations with allies under Article 4 of the NATO treaty; Article 4 allows NATO members to bring any issue of concern–including security–for discussion at the North Atlantic Council
- Israel’s outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz said he told US officials that Israel would not cooperate with the US Department of Justice’s investigation of the killing of Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, who was fatally shot during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank in May
- Riot teams were deployed in Guangzhou, China after crowds of residents escaped a compulsory lockdown and clashed with police over the government’s zero-Covid measures, according to videos posted online
On the Homefront
- Congressman Kevin McCarthy won the Republican nomination for House Speaker with a final vote tally of 188-31; the same day, Senator Rick Scott announced a challenge to Senator Mitch McConnell in a closed-door lunch, marking the first such opposition that McConnell has faced in 15 years as Minority Leader
- Police said that four slain University of Idaho students found at an off-campus home on Sunday were “most likely” killed with a knife or a similar edged weapon, but added that no weapon had been recovered and no suspect was yet in custody
- A federal judge yesterday struck down Title 42, a policy issued in 2020 under the Trump administration and utilized by the Biden administration that allowed border agents to expel migrants without allowing them to seek asylum in the U.S.
Glitz & Games
- Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic is reportedly set to be granted a visa to play in next year’s Australian Open despite being deported from the country in January
- The Recording Academy revealed the nominees for the 65th annual Grammy Awards yesterday; Beyoncé leads this year’s group with a total of nine nominations, including Best Album and Record of the Year for her album Renaissance, and has tied her husband Jay-Z for receiving the most nominations in Grammy history
- 33-year-old first baseman Anthony Rizzo has reportedly agreed to re-sign with the New York Yankees on a two-year, $34M contract with a $6M buyout option on a third year in 2025
Business & Markets
- Major indexes in the stock market rose to end yesterday’s trading session in the green, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading gains (Dow +0.17%, Nasdaq +1.45%, S&P 500 +0.87%)
- YouTube has started to introduce shopping features to its short-form video product Shorts with eligible creators in the U.S. who are currently testing the ability to tag products from their own stores; the new feature will allow users to purchase products as they scroll through the videos
- Estée Lauder finalized an agreement to purchase Tom Ford’s company for roughly $2.3B; the deal will reportedly build on an in-place licensing agreement between the two companies and would be the cosmetic brand’s largest-ever acquisition
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Tip & Tricks
- Bump This: Fitz and the Tantrums are here to make you dance with their new feel-good track “Let Yourself Free” - listen on Apple Music and Spotify (we’re calling it…this song is going to be in every single commercial you see over the next six months)
- Cash Grab: Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ Birkenstock sandals that he wore in the 70s and 80s–and the 360-degree non-fungible token (NFT) that goes along with them–were reportedly purchased for over $218K at auction by an online buyer (we wouldn’t buy a pair of new Birkenstocks for $20, but hey…you know what they say about one man’s trash)
- Pay Up: Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs paid more than $12M to a former female partner to settle claims that senior executives created a hostile working environment for women, per a Bloomberg report
- Go Deep: Read about new research findings that show how sperm counts worldwide have fallen by 62% in under 50 years and what that might mean for male health in the future
- Say What: “My dream and my goal is to get to do a Christmas movie with Lindsay Lohan and reconnect for the holidays. I think it would be so much fun!" Mean Girls actor Jonathan Bennett said on the red carpet at the Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas event (anything is possible, Jonathan...the limit does not exist)
- Hot Goss: Ticketmaster’s website temporarily crashed yesterday due to “historically unprecedented demand” for tickets to Taylor Swift’s upcoming Eras stadium tour, forcing the company to postpone sales - see Ticketmaster’s tweet on the incident here
- Life Hack: Maintaining heart health is key to extending longevity, especially with so many stressors working their way into our lives every day - check out these three underrated tips to prevent heart disease and how you can start implementing them
Looking Back…
On November 16th: Benazir Bhutto is elected prime minister of Pakistan and becomes the first woman in modern history to lead a Muslim country (1988); Sint Eustatius becomes the first foreign government to recognize the United States (1776); the musical Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein opens in New York City (1959); American composer W.C. Handy is born (1873).
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