🚨 Egypt's $9.4 Billion-Dollar Houthi Problem
Major shipping companies are rerouting from the Suez Canal due to Houthi attacks, threatening Egypt's economy, which relies heavily on the canal's revenue:
- Annual Revenue at Risk: The canal contributed $9.4 billion to Egypt's economy last fiscal year, averaging $25-30 million daily from shipping fees and services.
- Global Trade Lifeline: It handles 98% of ships between Europe and Asia, accounting for 30% of global container traffic and 12% of world goods trade.
- Past Losses as a Warning: The six-day Ever Given blockage in 2021 cost Egypt an estimated $100 million, underlining the canal's economic importance.
Sources: Ctech, Reuters, The National News.
Bernie Sanders: "Where I disagree with my good friend Cornel West is I think in these really very difficult times, where there's a real question whether democracy is going to remain ... I think we have to bring the entire progressive community to defeat Trump [&] support Biden"
BREAKING: Legendary game show host Bob Barker has died at age 99. Barker was a household name for more than a half-century as host of “Truth or Consequences” and “The Price Is Right.” https://t.co/hnuhBGzpdd
A 9,000-year-old skeleton was discovered inside a cave in Cheddar, England, and was affectionately dubbed "Cheddar Man." DNA testing confirmed that a living relative lived approximately half a mile away, tracing their lineage back nearly 300 generations.
In 1903, while conducting excavations in Cheddar Gorge, Somerset, UK, researchers stumbled upon a remarkable find: the skeletal remains of a Homo sapien who had lived around 9,000 years ago. This individual ranks among the oldest modern humans ever found in Britain. The discovery occurred serendipitously during a drainage renovation within the tourist attraction of Gough's Cave.
Cheddar Man thrived during the Mesolithic period roughly 9,000 years ago. Most likely, he was a hunter-gatherer who passed away in his twenties and stood at a height of approximately 5 feet, 5 inches.
The use of cutting-edge technology has enabled researchers to reconstruct Cheddar Man's facial features, determine his skin and eye coloring, and even discern the texture of his hair. Genetic material extracted from one of Cheddar Man's molar teeth allowed scientists to identify Adrian Targett, a retired history teacher, as a relative.
Upon analysis, it was revealed that Targett's family lineage had endured in the Cheddar Gorge region for approximately nine millennia, with genes passed from mother to daughter through mitochondrial DNA, inherited from the egg.
In simple terms, Adrian Targett and Cheddar Man share a common maternal ancestor.
The 5th tallest statue in the world, Sendai Daikannon in Japan. The city of Sendai (pop. 1 million) in the Töhoku region of Japan has an instantly recognizable skyline, thanks to the massive Sendai Daikannon statue that stands on a hill to the north of the city center. Daikannon is the representation of the Japanese Buddhist Bodhisattva, the Goddess of Mercy, and it is large. Towering 328 feet or 100 meters into the heavens, the statue was the largest in the world when it was completed in 1991. It was replaced at the top spot by another Japanese statue, the Ushiku Daibutsu in 1993. An elevator takes visitors to the top of Sendai Daikannon, where a series of windows offer stunning views across the city. Apart from the views, the statue is also a place of worship and reflection. Though currently ranked 5th tallest in the world, it is still the tallest statue of a Goddess in Japan.
Cost to own vs rent has not been this out of whack in most people's lifetimes.
1980 was numerically worse, but it's still crazy how it went from a good time to buy, to a horrible time in 2 years 🚨🚨🚨
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A group of mostly Republican former high-level government officials is calling Gov. Ron DeSantis' takeover of Disney World's governing district "severely damaging to the political, social, and economic fabric of the State." https://t.co/A3J5CIj95Y