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Your Daily BriefNovember 22nd, 2022 |
Good morning, and happy Tuesday! If you haven’t been able to get your hands on the ever-elusive PlayStation 5, we’ve got good news: Sony and Honda have entered into a joint venture which plans to build electric cars featuring the PS5 inside of it. Pretty cool stuff! When we think about it, though…it doesn’t seem like the safest decision.
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In Today’s Brief
- Apple: Car crashes through store in Massachusetts
- Jay Leno: Released from LA burn center
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Kanye West: Running for president in 2024
...and more
Earthquake in Indonesia
An earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java has left at least 162 dead and injured hundreds, according to local reports.
The epicenter of the 5.6 magnitude quake was near the town of Cianjur in West Java, a mountainous region home to over 2.5M people about 45 miles southeast of Jakarta. In a statement posted to Instagram, West Java regional governor Ridwan Kamil said that 162 people had been killed and 326 were injured, as of yesterday morning. Local police in Cianjur said that the death toll was likely to increase because people were trapped under the rubble of ruined buildings and landslides, which Kamil confirmed.
Indonesia is subject to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis due to its location on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanos and fault lines in the Pacific Basin. In February 2022, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake killed at least 25 people and injured more than 460 in West Sumatra.
No national anthem for Iran's soccer team
The Iranian national men’s soccer team stayed silent during their country’s national anthem before their first game of this year’s World Cup tournament in Qatar.
Instead of singing along to the country’s national anthem–a World Cup tradition–the team stood in a line and stared straight ahead in silence prior to their opening match against England. The team’s silence was said to be an apparent act of defiance against Iran’s government, which has been the target of protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody after being arrested for wearing her hijab improperly.
One day before the match, Iran captain Ehsan Hajsafi said the team would “support” the victims who have died in relation to the protests, adding that “the conditions in our country are not right and our people are not happy.” Since protests began in September, human rights activists have said that more than 400 protesters have been killed and over 16,000 others have been arrested by Iran's security forces.
Orion space capsule reaches the Moon
NASA’s unmanned Orion spacecraft reached the Moon yesterday, flying about 81 miles above the lunar surface and sending back a photo of the Earth, according to an update from the agency.
The occurrence marks the first time a capsule has visited the Moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago. This weekend, Orion is set to surpass NASA’s distance record for a spacecraft designed for astronauts of nearly 250,000 miles from Earth (set by Apollo 13 in 1970) and will reach a maximum distance from Earth next Monday at nearly 270,000 miles. The Orion capsule is set to spend about a week orbiting the Moon in retrograde before heading back to Earth and splashing down in the Pacific Ocean on December 11th.
Howard Hu, who leads the Orion lunar spacecraft program for the agency, said that once the safety of Artemis’ components and systems have been tested and proven, NASA plans to have humans living on the Moon “in this decade.”
Around the Globe
- New Zealand’s Supreme Court ruled that the country’s current voting age of 18 was discriminatory and found it to be inconsistent with the country’s Bill of Rights, which gives people a right to be free from age discrimination when they have reached 16
- Gunman on motorcycles raided two areas of Nigeria and kidnapped at least 130 people in the country’s northwestern state of Zamfara, according to the state’s information commissioner Ibrahim Dosara
- International soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo yesterday became the first person to reach 500M followers on Instagram; fellow soccer player Lionel Messi remains the second-most followed person in the world with 376M
On the Homefront
- 22-year-old Anderson Lee Aldrich, the suspect in the Colorado nightclub shooting that left 5 dead over the weekend, is facing five counts of murder and five counts of bias-motivated crime causing bodily injury, according to Colorado court records
- An SUV crashed through the front window of an Apple store in Massachusetts yesterday, leaving one person dead and injuring 16 others, according to local authorities; police haven’t said whether the crash was believed to be accidental
- Train and engine service members of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) union–the largest rail union in the country–voted against a tentative agreement reached in September to avert a possible rail strike
Glitz & Games
- Seven European national soccer teams–including England, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Wales–announced their team captains would not wear armbands promoting diversity during the World Cup following threats of sanctions from tournament organizers
- Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno was released from the Grossman Burn Center in California 10 days after suffering burns to his hands, face, and chest in a gasoline fire in his Burbank garage; during his in-patient stay, Leno underwent two surgeries and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, according to a statement from Dr. Peter Grossman
- The United States men's soccer team ended its debut match in the 2022 World Cup against Wales with a draw after Wales scored on a late penalty kick; this year’s tournament marks the U.S. team’s first World Cup participation in eight years after failing to qualify in 2018
Business & Markets
- Major indexes in the stock market ended yesterday’s trading session lower, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq leading the losses (Dow -0.13%, Nasdaq -1.09%, S&P 500 -0.39%)
- Penguin Random House–the world’s largest book publisher–and Simon & Schuster have scrapped their deal to merge at a valuation of $2.2B, according to a statement from Penguin Random House owner Bertelsmann
- Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ) said it would procure 800 Domino’s-branded Chevrolet Bolts for 37 of its own stores and hundreds of others run by franchisees in the U.S.; the acquisition would make Domino’s “the largest electric pizza delivery fleet in the country,” according to a press release
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Tip & Tricks
- Bump This: Toronto-based singer Tasha Angela channels old-school Alicia Keys vibes and sets the mood in her single “Love Is My Condition” - listen on Apple Music and Spotify
- Go Deep: Read up on a pair of twins born last month in the U.S. from embryos frozen more than 30 years ago; the National Embryo Donation Center (NEDC) believes the embryos are the longest-frozen to have ever resulted in a live birth
- Nerd Out: Learn about how a team of researchers at the University of Tokyo have discovered a novel technique to predict volcanic eruptions by monitoring gasses created by gaps in the Earth’s surface - see the findings published in Nature here
- Cash Grab: Calling all Steven Speilberg fans: the Astoria, Oregon house featured in The Goonies is up for sale and can be yours for $1.65M (treasure and pirate ship not included, unfortunately)
- Say What: “We want beer!” Ecuador fans chanted during the World Cup, which the government of Qatar decided to make alcohol-free two days before the tournament began
- Hot Goss: Kanye West said he is running for president of the United States in 2024 and that he’s “working on the campaign” with writer and political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos (lol)
- Life Hack: Feeling “tired yet wired” can keep you up long after bedtime and is honestly just the worst - check out these three tricks to help yourself fall asleep even when you’re stressed (trust us…these work)
Looking Back…
On November 22nd: Pixar releases Toy Story, the first entirely computer-animated feature-length film (1995); U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas (1964); 20-year-old Mike Tyson knocks out Trevor Berbick and becomes the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history (1986); American actress and singer Scarlett Johansson is born (1984).
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