Kyle Nowak

“The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live.”

–Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)

This weekly section delivers the most outlandish, off-the-wall, and occasionally laugh-out-loud news stories of the week, as well as some hilarious or… curious synchronicities crowdsourced from around the world.

🌍 Around the world: Meta is reportedly planning to charge EU users a monthly fee for ad-free access to its platforms, Singapore is now the world's most expensive city for luxury living, and more.

❓ Our question to you: Will the resumption of student-loan payments have an adverse effect on your personal finances?

🔥 It’s Thursday, October 5th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🌏 The EU is working towards adding Ukraine as a member, the Vatican is hosting a global meeting to discuss the Catholic Church’s future, and more.

🚨 At 2:20 pm ET today, the US will begin broadcasting a test of the country’s national emergency system to all cell phones, radios, and TVs.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, October 4th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you.”

–Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

💰🎓 On Sunday, payments officially resumed for the ~45 million US adults with federal student-loan debt, following a three-year hiatus due to the Covid pandemic. It’s expected to have a ripple effect across the economy.

🔀 Kellogg’s finalized its planned stock split yesterday, officially dividing the company into two publicly traded businesses.

🌏 Indonesia launched the first bullet train in Southeast Asia, the UN is sending troops to Haiti, and more.

⚖️📝 The 2023-2024 session of the Supreme Court officially began yesterday. And, much like last term, it won’t be a boring one.

🖱📰 Click to see a list of bite-sized stories you should know for today.

🔥 It’s Tuesday, October 3rd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

“Comparison is the death of true self-contentment”

–John Powell (b.1963)

❓ Our question to you: Do you agree with House Speaker McCarthy’s decision to cut $6 billion in Ukrainian aid from the stopgap government funding bill?

🏛️🕚 On Saturday, Congress approved a bipartisan stopgap funding bill to temporarily avoid a government shutdown. It was signed into law by President Biden roughly half-an-hour before the midnight deadline.

🌏 The UK government committed $104 million to build the world’s most powerful laser, Spanish prosecutors charged FC Barcelona with “active bribery,” and more.