• ☝️ You’re looking at a ranking of the most linguistically diverse countries on the planet, according to Visual Capitalist.

BUSINESS & MARKETS

• 📈 US markets rebounded yesterday after Monday’s DeepSeek-sparked selloff (S&P: +0.9%; Dow: +0.3%; Nasdaq: +2.0%); Nvidia rose 9%.
• 🏦 The Federal Reserve will reveal its first interest rate decision for 2025 later today; as of last night, markets were pricing in a 98% chance that rates stay the same. | 📉 US consumer confidence fell for the second straight month, per an index published by the Conference Board, a research group.
• 👜 LVMH, the French luxury conglomerate behind brands like Hennessy and Louis Vuitton, reported better-than-expected full-year sales. | ☕ Starbucks reported quarterly results that topped analysts' estimates on revenue and earnings, though same-store sales declined for the fourth straight quarter; the coffee chain also implemented changes in its stores this week, including bringing back the permanent markers used to misspell names.

SPORTS, MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT

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• 🤝🎶 Spotify and Universal Music Group signed a new multi-year agreement establishing a direct license between the two companies.
• 🏈👀 The AFC Championship Game (Chiefs over Bills) was the most-watched on record with an average of 57.7 million viewers; the NFC Championship Game (Eagles over Commanders) averaged 44.2 million viewers, down 21% from last year’s comparable slot. | ⚽ The Champions League features a record 18 teams in action tonight under the tournament’s new design.
• 📺 Jake and Logan Paul’s cryptic social media announcements – which led many to predict the brothers would fight each other – are actually about a new reality series on Max, per ESPN.

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SCIENCE, SPACE & EMERGING TECH

• 🤖🏛️ OpenAI launched ChatGPT Gov, a new security-focused AI model built specifically for US government use.
• 💉 Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic was approved by the FDA as the first GLP-1 drug to treat chronic kidney disease – one of the leading causes of death globally – in patients with diabetes.
• 🌬️✈️ Boom Supersonic, a private US firm seeking to build the first supersonic jet since the Concorde retired in 2003, achieved its first sound-barrier-breaking test flight.

MISCELLANEOUS

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• 🚁 The White House said the mysterious drones that caused alarm in New Jersey and other northeastern states late last year “were authorized to be flown by the FAA for research and various other reasons."
• 🇫🇷 Many in France are furious over President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to replace a few stained-glass windows in Notre Dame. | 🇬🇱 85% of Greenland’s population is against joining the US, a plan recently mentioned by President Trump; that’s per a Verian poll commissioned by Danish newspaper Berlingske and Greenland’s Sermitsiaq.
• 🏛️ The Trump administration is reportedly offering nearly all federal workers an optional buyout; a senior White House official said they expect 5%-10% of the ~3 million-person federal workforce to quit. | ✍️🏥 President Trump signed an executive order seeking to ban federal funding or support towards gender-affirming care for transgender people under 19 years old.

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CLICKBAIT

• 🧊🏡 Chicago couple built a 10-foot-high backyard igloo.