âŞď¸ Pope Francis is trending because he has been hospitalized with a respiratory infection (that is reportedly not Covid).
đ Two U.S. Army helicopters crashed into one another during a âroutine trainingâ in Kentucky. There is no confirmation of injuries or deaths right now.
â´ď¸ At least 31 people are dead from a fire on a ferry in the Philippines.
đˇđş Russia says it has detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, claiming he was involved in the collection of âsecret informationâ about a Russian defense company. A criminal case on espionage charges had been opened against him.
đŽđś The U.S. Senate voted to end the war in Iraq. Congress authorized the start of this war on August 2, 1990.
đ¸đž Syria says that Israel fired several missiles into Damascus today but defense missiles were able to shoot them down.
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The European Union is ditching its plan to ban gas-powered cars by 2035 and the U.K. may do the same for its planned 2030 deadline.
The E.U. voted to allow the continued sale of gas-powered cars if they run on synthetic fuel, which they are now colloquially calling âe-fuel.â Donât fall for that as a marketing tactic. Synthetic fuels are not proven to be more sustainable. In some cases, theyâve been proven to have more carbon emissions.
This bait-and-switch is an admission that electric vehicles just will not cut it if we donât want an all-out shut down of modern society.
Also, e-fuel is expensive. The Telegraph points out that this âwill initially benefit high-end carmakers whose customers will not be put off by the costs involved.â
Some say that the price of e-fuel will go down by the time these rules roll out to the public but that is optimism at this point, not based on any economic modeling.
China and Brazil announced a new trade agreement that will allow both countries to ditch the U.S. dollar. This is big for the U.S. as it cuts the nation out of approximately $150 billion per year in bilateral trade.
This means that China and Brazil can conduct their massive trade by exchanging the Chinese yuan and the Brazilian real directly without basing trade on dollar value or trading in currency for dollars first, a highly inefficient system for everyone who is not the U.S.
âThe expectation is that this will reduce costs… promote even greater bilateral trade and facilitate investment,â the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil) said in a statement.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was set to make this announcement in China this week but he postponed his trip after he came down with pneumonia.
China is racking up these deals with major world powers such as Russia, Pakistan, France, Saudi Arabia. The partnering nations are willing to risk hurt U.S. feelings because it means that they wonât be at the mercy of sanctions and they can deal directly with nations that have the resources they want: oil, gas, minerals and agriculture. The U.S. has not had to compete for foreign business because the dollar was the beneficiary of most foreign trade for the last 50 years. That all seems to be changing fast all because of politics.
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A group called Freedom Alliance of South Africa (FASA) filed a show cause notice on Monday with the High Court of South Africa. The filing included âreal-world data analysis, which is claimed to show an association with increasing death from both COVID and non-COVID causes in the vaccinated compared to the unvaccinated.â The plaintiffs are asking the court to review and rescind the emergency use authorization that Pfizer used to roll out the vaccine because they claim that it was âunlawful.â
If the case proceeds, it would be the first time Pfizer has to defend the vaccine and its effects, both good and bad. Pfizer has yet to respond to this litigation.
Lamborghini Revuelto is trending. It is the first hybrid car from the Italian sportscar maker and it goes 217 miles per hour.
Jeremy Renner is trending because of this trailer for an upcoming interview with ABCâs Diane Sawyer in which he discusses his horrific snowplow accident.
Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton are trending on news that a first-grade class in Wisconsin was banned from singing their duet called Rainbowland.
News By The Numbers
$35 million. That is how much this ultra-rare pink diamond is expected to fetch at an auction in June. It is 10.57 carats.
800. That is how many jobs Electronic Arts will be cutting, representing 6% of its workforce.
133 million. That is how many followers Elon Musk has on Twitter, making him the most followed person on the platform, now surpassing former President Barack Obama, who previously held that title.
Should you use a womanâs body as a surrogate if she is in a permanent vegetative state? This is what is called âwhole body gestational donation,â and itâs a thing. Yes really.
Smajdor says that using an unconscious woman could be done to make babies for people who either âwish to have children but cannot, or prefer not to, gestate.â She argues that if we are willing to accept organ donations, why not this?
Some thinkers have argued why not this. For example, a Christian group makes this case:  âAlso at work here is a widespread embrace of expressive individualism which cultivates the idea that whatever someone desires should determine reality. If we want children, we deserve them. Any barrier to obtaining themâmoral, biological, or circumstantialâis an injustice to be overcome.â
Is that an idea worth entertaining? These are important philosophies to be discussed. As of now, science cannot do this without your consent. Will there be a day that changes in this age of increasing transhumanism?
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This newsletter is written and researched by Natali Morris. Please feel free to reach Natali at [email protected] for any editorial feedback.