Peter Nowak

Australia is doubling its naval fleet to its largest size since World War II; US prosecutors charged a Japanese Yakuza leader with conspiring to traffic nuclear materials; & more.

🔥 It’s Thursday, February 22nd – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🧑‍🏫 Get out those apples, because maybe 1 per day will make the teachers stay – school districts across America are scrambling to deal with a nationwide shortage of educators for all levels.

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Former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s wife was among 51 people indicted in his assassination; China is experiencing a surge in domestic sales of weight-loss drugs; and more.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, February 21st – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🎶🤑 Universal Music Group is paying $240M for a minority stake in Chord Music Partners, a joint venture that owns 60K+ songs from The Weeknd, John Legend, Lorde, Kid Cudi, & more.

🪫 The prices of metals used in batteries are declining, and data indicates that lower-than-expected EV demand may be the reason why.

🌏 Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison; Egyptian officials canceled plans to renovate one of the ancient pyramids at Giza; and more.

💉 Covid vaccines, which saved the lives of millions of people around the world, were linked to small increases in neurological, blood, and heart-related conditions, per a new US government-funded study that represents the largest global vaccine safety research to date.

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🔥 It’s Tuesday, February 20th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🔎💊 Federal regulators are investigating whether two types of healthcare middlemen are contributing to the ongoing nationwide shortage of generic prescription drugs.

🌏 Greece’s parliament voted to legalize same-sex marriage; Japan is no longer the world’s third-largest economy; and more.

🏛️🗳️ Former congressman Tom Suozzi (D) won a special House election to replace former NY Rep. George Santos (R), in a race seen as a bellwether for the upcoming November elections.

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🔥 It’s Friday, February 16th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🤭📈 Lyft shares hit a 52-week high yesterday after reporting earnings that showed its best quarter in history – and also contained a major typo that sent trading algorithms into a buying frenzy.

💧☄️ Researchers have detected water on the surface of an asteroid in space for the first time, providing more evidence that the life-sustaining liquid first arrived on Earth from outer space.