Our daily hot girl walk around the world

🇬🇧🪙 A UK judge ruled that self-described bitcoin creator Craig Wright is… not the father. Wright, an Australian computer scientist, has claimed for years that he was the man behind Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym of bitcoin’s creator – though he hasn’t provided any definitive proof, such as the passkey to Nakamoto’s wallets containing ~1 million bitcoins (which haven’t been accessed since his 2011 disappearance). In the UK lawsuit, which sought to prevent Wright from continuing to claim he was Nakamoto, the judge said evidence for his conclusion that Wright didn’t create bitcoin was “overwhelming.”

🌎 Global mortality rates for young children fell to the lowest on record in 2022. A new UN report found the global mortality rate for children under five stood at 37 per 1,000 live births two years ago, representing a 60% drop compared to 1990. Experts say the decline stems from a combination of better nutrition, water access, sanitation, and healthcare, in addition to reductions in poverty, conflicts, and famine.

🇯🇵 A Japanese high court ruled that banning same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. The judges in the case, originally brought by three same-sex couples in 2021, ruled that denying same-sex marriage to Japanese citizens violates their constitutional rights to equality and freedom. A lower court in Tokyo issued a similar ruling in a separate case this week, becoming the sixth lower district court to do so. Although the rulings don’t overturn current law, the high court decision is viewed as a landmark step towards legalizing same-sex marriage.