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Your Daily BriefDecember 7th, 2022 |
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In Today’s Brief
- Argentina: VP found guilty
- Colorado Shooter: Faces 305 charges
- World Cup: Morocco goes to quarterfinals
...and more
Top Tips
New Indonesian criminal code
Indonesia’s parliament yesterday approved a new criminal code that bans anyone in the country from engaging in extramarital sex, including citizens and foreign visitors.
The country’s parliament unanimously passed the new laws, which are expected to take effect within three years. Under them, sex outside marriage will carry a jail term of up to a year, and cohabitation between unmarried couples is prohibited. Insulting the president or state institutions is also banned, along with spreading views counter to state ideology, and staging protests without notification. The amended code also maintains a five-year prison term for deviating from the central tenets of Indonesia’s six recognized religions: Islam, Protestantism, Catholicism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Confucianism.
According to Indonesia’s Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights Edward Hiariej, the new code must be signed by President Joko Widodo. Even without his signature, the new code will take effect after 30 days unless Widodo issues a regulation to cancel it.
Congressional gold medals
Members of Congress presented law enforcement officers who responded to events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021 with the Congressional Gold Medal.
Medals were given to United States Capitol Police and Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department. To recognize the hundreds of officers who were at the Capitol that day, the medals will be placed in four locations: the U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, the Metropolitan Police Department, the Capitol building itself, and the Smithsonian Institution. When signing the legislation for the bestowment last year, President Joe Biden said that a medal will be placed at the Smithsonian museum “so all visitors can understand what happened that day.”
The Congressional Gold Medal, the highest honor Congress can bestow, has been handed out since 1776. Previous recipients include George Washington, Sir Winston Churchill, Bob Hope, and Robert Frost.
Trump Organization trial verdict
A Manhattan jury found the Trump Organization guilty of tax fraud on all counts in relation to failing to report and pay taxes on compensation for top executives.
The Trump Organization and its former CFO, Allen Weisselberg, were indicted last year after the Manhattan district attorney’s office investigated the company’s financial practices. Jurors delivered guilty verdicts on a total of 17 counts, including scheme to defraud, conspiracy, criminal tax fraud, and falsifying business records. While the former president was not charged in the case, prosecutors referenced him during the trial regarding his connection to perks that executives received, including company-funded apartments and coverage for other personal expenses.
One of the subsidiaries charged in the case, the Trump Corporation, was convicted of nine counts. The other defendant, the Trump Payroll Corporation, was convicted of seven counts. The Trump Organization faces fines of up to $1.6M at sentencing, which was set for January 13th.
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Around the Globe
- Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was found guilty of corruption over the granting of public works contracts to a friend during her time as president and was sentenced to six years in prison (More)
- The European Union reached an agreement on a new law that would ban the import of products linked to deforestation; under the new law, imported goods such as coffee, chocolate, and some furniture will have to meet certain requirements to ensure forests weren’t damaged to create them (More)
- A third Russian airfield was set ablaze by a drone strike yesterday; the attack comes one day after drones carried out strikes on two Russian bases hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border (More)
On the Homefront
- Senator Raphael Warnock won Georgia's Senate runoff election against challenger Herschel Walker (More)
- Anderson Lee Aldrich–the suspect accused of killing five people inside Colorado’s Club Q nightclub last month–was charged with 305 criminal counts, including murder, hate crimes, and assault (More)
- A planned strike by thousands of nurses in Minnesota was called off after the nurses’ union reached a tentative agreement with hospitals to raise wages by 18% over the next three years (More)
Glitz & Games
- Morocco beat Spain in the 2022 World Cup knockout rounds yesterday on penalty kicks and will advance to the quarterfinals; it is Morocco’s first time reaching the World Cup quarterfinals (More)
- Warner Bros. Discovery and Amazon announced yesterday that Prime customers can once again sign up for HBO Max on Amazon’s platform; the service dropped off of Amazon Prime’s service in September 2021 after then-parent company AT&T failed to reach an agreement to extend distribution (More)
- Matt Lucas announced that he is stepping down from his presenting role on The Great British Bake Off series, citing his inability to commit to the program’s schedule alongside his other projects (More)
Business & Markets
- Stocks closed lower during yesterday’s trading session, with the S&P 500 index falling for its fourth straight day (Dow -1.03%, Nasdaq -2.00%, S&P 500 -1.44%)
- Buzzfeed is laying off about 12% of its workforce as part of a cost-cutting measure; the reduction plan is expected to be “substantially completed” by Q1 2023 (More)
- Morgan Stanley cut roughly 2% of its global staff yesterday, according to sources familiar with the matter; the layoffs reportedly impacted about 1,600 of the company’s 81,567 employees (More)
Tip & Tricks
- Sneak Peek: Watch this short first-look teaser announcing the release date of the upcoming Prime Video series Daisy Jones and the Six, based on the best-selling novel of the same name
- Bump This: The Bon Iver-like track “Japan” from folk singer-songwriter Wallice is the perfect soundtrack for a cold winter morning - listen on Apple Music and Spotify (bonus points if it’s snowing outside)
- Game On: 2022 was a wild year for gaming, even as the majority of us still can’t land a coveted PS5 - check out this list of the 25 best games of the year and let us know what you think of the rankings
- Look Up: If you live in Nashville, you may hear NASA testing its new X-59 aircraft with “quiet” supersonic technology this week, which they say produces sonic booms that are no louder than the thump of a car door
- Say What: “I love it. Everything is just based around my newfound love for being a dad and a family man. It’s lit right now. I can’t even describe it,” rapper ASAP Rocky said in an interview with Complex regarding fatherhood (he and Rihanna’s first child was born in May of this year)
- Hot Goss: Producer Jerry Bruckheimer revealed that Margot Robbie’s Pirates of the Caribbean movie might get made after all, one month after Robbie told Vanity Fair that she believed the project had been shelved (please let it be true, Matey!)
- Life Hack: Believe it or not, your gut is the centerpiece of your immune system, and keeping it in good shape is absolutely key - here’s how to improve your digestion and gut health without changing your diet
Looking Back…
On December 7th: Japanese bombers launch a surprise attack on the Pearl Harbor naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii (1941); East Timor is invaded and occupied by Indonesian forces after declaring its independence (1975); Hamid Karzai is sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president (2004); American basketball player and coach Larry Bird is born (1956).
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