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Your Daily BriefNovember 30th, 2022 |
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In Today’s Brief
- Qatar: Migrant worker deaths addressed
- Netflix: Wednesday unseats Stranger Things
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Mastodon: Coming for Twitter
...and more
China’s nuclear warheads
China is expanding its nuclear force and is on pace to have 1,500 active warheads by 2035, according to a report that the Pentagon released yesterday.
In 2021, the Pentagon’s annual report said the number of Chinese nuclear warheads could increase to 700 within six years and may top 1,000 by 2030. However, Pentagon officials said that China plans to “complete modernization of its national defense and armed forces by 2035,” adding that the country “will probably field a stockpile of about 1,500 warheads by its 2035 timeline” if it keeps the current pace of its nuclear expansions.
This year’s report from the Pentagon comes amid the largest scope of protests that China has seen since the 1989 Tiananmen movement. The country currently has a nuclear stockpile of more than 400 warheads, per the report, which primarily covers activities in 2021. By comparison, the United States has 3,750 active nuclear warheads.
U.S. beats Iran at World Cup
The United States men’s national soccer team defeated Iran’s team with a final score of 1-0 at the World Cup in Qatar yesterday.
Christian Pulisic scored the only goal of the game in the 38th minute of the match. On the play, Pulisic collided with Iran keeper Alireza Beiranvand and suffered an injury to his lower abdomen which required him to be substituted at halftime. With the win, the United States finished second in Group B and will advance to the knockout rounds of the 2022 World Cup.
Iran has never made it to the tournament’s knockout stages, where the initial 32 teams are halved to 16. While the U.S. men’s team has made it to the knockout rounds in previous World Cups, the team failed to qualify for the last tournament four years ago. The United States will face the Netherlands on Saturday.
Oath Keeper leader conviction
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, and Kelly Muggs, another member of the same organization, were found guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021.
While Rhodes reportedly did not go inside the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, federal prosecutors accused him of leading a plot following the 2020 presidential election to wage an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of power. After a nearly two-month-long trial in federal court in Washington, three other defendants in the case–Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, and Thomas Caldwell–were found not guilty of sedition, and Rhodes was acquitted of two separate charges of conspiracy.
All five defendants were found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting for their actions on January 6th. Rhodes faces a maximum sentence of 20 years on the seditious conspiracy conviction, and the other defendants also face 20-year maximum sentences for the obstruction conviction.
Around the Globe
- Spanish authorities found three stowaways sitting on the rudder of an oil tanker after the ship completed an 11-day voyage from Nigeria; the three men were reportedly taken to a hospital in Gran Canaria and treated for moderate dehydration (More)
- Hassan al-Thawadi, the Qatari official responsible for delivery of the 2022 World Cup, said yesterday during an interview that the number of migrant workers who have died on World Cup-related projects is “between 400 and 500” (More)
- Scientists at the University of Alberta have discovered two new minerals within a 15-ton meteorite that was found in rural Somalia two years ago; the official names for the new minerals are elaliite and elkinstantonite (More)
On the Homefront
- The Senate voted 61-36 to pass legislation to mandate federal recognition for same-sex marriages in the United States (More)
- Cyber Monday online sales figures in the U.S. reached $11.3B, according to data from Adobe Analytics; the figure represents 5.8% more than consumers spent on the same day last year and sets a record both for the day and the year so far (More)
- The House of Representatives plans to vote today to avert a potential rail strike after President Biden warned of the economic consequences of a rail disruption that could occur as early as December 9th and called on Congress to act (More)
Glitz & Games
- The Netherlands national men's soccer team beat Qatar yesterday with a final score of 2-0 during the World Cup; with the results, the Dutch team finished first in Group A while the Qataris became the first host country team to lose all three of its group matches in tournament history (More)
- Netflix’s Wednesday starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams topped the Netflix Top 10 chart for the week of November 21-27 with 341.2M hours viewed following its premiere on November 23rd; season four of Stranger Things previously held the record with 335.01M hours viewed between May 30th and June 5th (More)
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that all 23 Academy Award categories will be announced during the live telecast of the 2023 Oscars after eight categories were removed from 2022’s main broadcast (More)
Business & Markets
- Major indexes in the stock market ended mixed, with the Dow ending flat and the Nasdaq slipping (Dow +0.01%, Nasdaq -0.59%, S&P 500 -0.16%)
- Twitter rolled back a policy aimed at moderating information related to Covid-19 on the social media platform; posts with information deemed misleading will not be tagged or removed as they were from December 2020 to November of this year (More)
- AMC Networks told its employees that it is finalizing a decision for CEO Christina Spade’s replacement and planning for “significant” layoffs in a company-wide memo sent by Chairman James Dolan, according to sources familiar with the matter (More)
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Tip & Tricks
- Sneak Peek: Check out the new trailer that Nintendo and Illumination Entertainment dropped yesterday for the upcoming animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (spoiler alert: Donkey Kong and Princess Peach may or may not make an appearance)
- Bump This: Take a walk in the brisk almost-winter-air this morning with the lighthearted guitar track “OVERTHINKING” by indie band FRETTY JONES - listen on Apple Music and Spotify
- Jaw Drop: See the world’s largest pupusa that took over three dozen chefs to bake in the El Salvadorian town of Olocuilta; the pupusa measures 18 feet across and broke the previous Guinness World Record set by a 14-foot, 9-inch pupusa cooked in the same city in 2015
- Good News: Learn the story of Melissa Highsmith, a woman who was kidnapped as a 22-month-old baby 51 years ago in Fort Worth, Texas, and was recently reunited with her family after they used a home DNA test kit to track her down (More)
- Say What: “We would definitely like to be able to grow to its size and replace it someday,” said Eugen Rochko, a 29-year-old German software developer behind emerging social networking app Mastodon, which aims to overtake Twitter (since Musk bought Twitter, Mastodon’s base has grown from 300K to 2.6M active users)
- Hot Goss: Clarence Gilyard Jr., a film professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and an actor known for his roles in Die Hard, Walker, Texas Ranger, and more, passed away at age 66 (More)
- Life Hack: Foam rolling can provide some of the same benefits of a deep tissue massage without having to trek to the massage therapist - check out these seven benefits of foam rolling to help promote leanness and strength at the same time
Looking Back…
On November 30th: The island of Barbados achieves full independence from Britain (1966); Michael Jackson releases Thriller, which goes on to become the best-selling album in the world and win eight Grammy Awards (1982); Exxon and Mobil formally merged to become ExxonMobil (1999); American writer Mark Twain is born (1835).
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