Private Prisons, North Korean Defection, Yemen's Houthis

January 27, 2021

Yesterday’s Newsletter / January 27, 2021

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News

Biden orders end of federally run private prisons
—The Associated Press

As angry farmers take to New Delhi’s streets, protests turn violent
—The New York Times

Senior North Korean diplomat in Kuwait defects to South Korea
—Bloomberg

Yemen’s Houthis protest against Trump’s terrorist label
also: US approves all deals involving Yemen's Houthis for one month
—Reuters

Central African Republic faces hunger crisis as rebels seize highway
—Axios

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Visual

China has overtaken the US as the preeminent destination for the rest of the world’s investment money, as of 2020. This flip could be a one-off, resulting from the pandemic’s altering of economic fortunes, but long-lasting or not it’s a long-tracked trend, finally coming to fruition. —The Wall Street Journal

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225 million

Number of jobs lost as a consequence of the COVID pandemic in 2020, according to a report published by the International Labor Organization. That’s about four-times the number of job-losses associated with the global financial crisis of 2008-2009.

Also in 2020, the ten wealthiest people in the world increased their collective wealth by $500 billion.

—The Washington Post

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Yesterday’s Newsletter is published by analytic journalist and host of the Let’s Know Things podcast, Colin Wright.