In the last year, 250,000 Cubans (2% of the population) have left the island for the United States - a larger migration than the Mariel boatlift in 1980 or the 1994 raft exodus. https://t.co/JhOTAZnYDD
New sperm meta-analysis. Big takeaways:
Sperm reduction is not localized, happening globally
50% reduction in avg sperm count since 1973
Following this trend, the average man will not be able to have children unassisted by 2050https://t.co/kCg6ggOia5
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, an unapologetic moderate who has alienated progressives with her stance on the filibuster and other issues, is leaving the Democratic Party to register as an independent.https://t.co/h4uPXoQ5PP
Sam Bankman-Fried misses the deadline set by a US Senate committee for a response to a request to testify at a Dec. 14 hearing about cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s collapse into bankruptcy https://t.co/dG6aecBXxi
Indonesia’s new criminal code outlawing sex outside marriage and potentially curbing free speech will apply to citizens and foreigners in the country, spurring uncertainty among tourists and expatriates. https://t.co/sIWeU7id84 via @bpolitics
^ that is the new NYT headline. They add this: Pedro Castillo announced the move just before Congress voted to impeach him. Much of his government resigned to protest what political leaders said was a coup attempt.
Castillo has to be one of the most incompetent, corrupt leaders ever elected: Peru’s President Quickly Ousted After Moving to Dissolve Congress https://t.co/Il23zKvoWw
BERLIN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - German authorities on Wednesday detained 25 members and supporters of a far-right group that the prosecutor's office said were preparing a violent overthrow of the state, with some members suspected of plotting an armed attack on the parliament.
BUENOS AIRES — Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, a prominent and polarizing figure in Latin America who served two terms as president of Argentina, was convicted Tuesday on corruption charges, sentenced to six years in prison and given a lifetime ban from holding public office.
Whenever there is any act of violence or vandalism or whatever in this country people immediately are like “it’s probably related to politics” but, like, maybe it’s not? Why don’t people just wait and let the FBI like do their investigation or whatever? https://t.co/nDBJkmRNGO
Georgia GOP Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan says Herschel Walker will 'probably go down as one of the worst candidates in our party's history' https://t.co/1sBB6NW8ip
article is not 'breaking' as it's from Nov. 30, but still very much going on -
Breaking News: South Africa moved a step closer to removing President Cyril Ramaphosa with a report saying he may have broken the law. https://t.co/hvqMTK1LNH
MILWAUKEE — A 10-year-old boy who shot and killed his 44-year-old mother last week in Milwaukee is being charged with first-degree homicide as an adult.
According to a criminal complaint, the boy was allegedly mad at his mom for waking him up early and not letting him have something on Amazon [....]
