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It's noted that red states tend to have higher homicide rates relative to blue states.
At the county level, the trend reverses: blue counties tend to have higher homicide rates relative to red counties.
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BREAKING: El Salvador's 🇸🇻 Congress approves a reform to income tax law, reducing rates from 30% to 0% for international investments and money transfers #bitcoin
🚨Venezuela 🇻🇪/Argentina 🇦🇷: The Venezuelan Foreign Minister described the Argentine government as “neonazi, submissive and obedient to their imperial master.”
He added: “Venezuela exercises full sovereignty over its airspace and reiterates that no aircraft, coming from or destined for Argentina, may fly over our territory, until our company is properly compensated for the damages caused, after the illegal actions carried out, just to please their guardians from the North,” referring to the case of the Venezuelan Boeing 747 airplane that has been detained in Argentina since June 2022 and was sent to the USA in the previous February.
Argentina responded that it will not be extorted by friends of terrorism.
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United Kingdom 🇬🇧: Children will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, the British healthcare system announced.
The government stated that it welcomed the “historic decision”, adding that it would help ensure care is evidence-based and in the “best interest of the child”.
🚨Argentina 🇦🇷/Venezuela 🇻🇪: The regime of Nicolas Maduro has banned Argentine-registered aircraft from flying over its airspace.
Private planes registered in Argentina are also banned from flying over Venezuelan airspace.
Sweden 🇸🇪: Swedish police forcibly removed Greta Thunberg and other climate activists after they blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament for the second consecutive day.
Two officers lifted Thunberg and dragged her away before placing her on the ground, about 20 meters from the door she was obstructing, as reported by the agency "Reuters."
France 🇫🇷: Another day of farmer protests in Europe, this time in the city of Pau in France.
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France 🇫🇷: "Submit to Allah"
"France already belongs to Allah"
A church, a cemetery, and a war memorial were desecrated in the municipality of Clermont-d'Excideuil, France.
"The anti-Christian hatred continues to burn in the heart of Europe," describes the Italian newspaper "Il Giornale."
Germany 🇩🇪: This Tuesday (12), a trial begins that could decide whether the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution can classify the "AfD" party as a suspected case of "right-wing extremism."
This classification would allow authorities to use covert methods to monitor the party and its members, for example.
The verdict is expected to be announced this Wednesday (13).
USA 🇺🇸: A bartender was convicted of hate crime and bias crime for pushing a transgender customer who was using the women's restroom in Oregon.
A witness said they heard the bartender repeatedly using male pronouns.
The judge sentenced the bartender to 2 years of probation and 50 hours of community service.
In February 1979, 45 years ago, the price of a Silver ounce reached $48.21.
Today, the ounce is worth $24.30.
PS: I did not adjust for the CPI or the Global M2.
What do you think about a performance of -49% over 45 years?
Next month there's a halving, and the real FOMO should begin…
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United Kingdom 🇬🇧: The Princess of Wales apologized after admitting that she edited the family photo released on Mother's Day in the United Kingdom, which was removed by national and international photographic agencies.
"Like many amateur photographers, I occasionally experiment with editing.
"I would like to express my apologies for any confusion caused by the family photograph we shared yesterday. I hope everyone celebrating had a happy Mother's Day," says the statement published by the official "Kensington Royal" profile.
France 🇫🇷: President E. Macron announced plans to introduce a bill in April that would allow for "assisted death" under strict conditions.
Adults who are in full capacity of judgment and suffering from an incurable disease with a severely reduced life expectancy in the short or medium term will be allowed to request help to die if they are experiencing unrelievable pain, Macron clarified.
Venezuela 🇻🇪: The Venezuelan regime has arrested a campaign director of Maduro's main opponent, María Corina Machado.
Currently, his whereabouts or condition are unknown, though it is believed he might be taken to Helicoide in Caracas, one of the prisons most notorious for the torture and abuse occurring there, and where political prisoners are usually taken, as reported by the "Infobae" website.