Our daily jaunt around the world

🇭🇹 The country of Haiti is now without one single democratically-elected government official. The last 10 remaining senators in parliament officially left office at midnight on Monday, bringing an end to the last semblance of democratic order in a country that hasn’t held elections since 2016. Every democratic institution, from Haiti’s justice system to local governments, is no longer functioning. The country is technically led by former PM Ariel Henry, who claimed the title of leader after then-President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in July 2021 – though Henry’s rule is reportedly seen as illegitimate by most Haitians.

🇷🇴 A Romanian court upheld the 30-day arrest of online influencer Andrew Tate and his brother. Tate, 36, a British-US citizen with 4.5 million followers on Twitter, was arrested late last month on charges of organized crime, human trafficking, and rape. His original arrest period was just 24 hours, until a judge extended it to 30 days out of suspicion he would flee the country, prompting an unsuccessful appeal from Tate. After yesterday’s decision, Romanian prosecutors can now request to detain Tate and his brother for up to 180 days while they investigate the case.

🏦 The World Bank cut its global growth projection for 2023 due to inflation. The bank now expects global growth to slow to 1.7% this year, down from an estimate of 3% in June, which would mark the third-weakest pace of global growth in nearly three decades behind only the 2009 and 2020 downturns. A separate World Bank report – also published yesterday – found that global inflation, while starting to cool, remains historically high, per the WSJ.