~Bitcoin News of the Day

• The donation was made to Shin Fujiyama, a well-known philanthropist and founder of Students Helping Honduras, an organization focused on addressing poverty through education. President Bukele has been known for his proactive steps towards greater adoption of cryptocurrencies especially Bitcoin to revive the economy of the Central American nation.

Global Trade & ~Econ

• The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a stark warning regarding the possible economic fallout of a global trade war. According to IMF Deputy Managing Director Gita Gopinath, the world economy could contract by up to 7%, an economic loss equivalent to the combined economies of France and Germany, if major economies engage in broad-based tariff escalations.

~Politics_and_Law

• A divided U.S. appeals court on Wednesday said the federal government's former practice of turning away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border once a daily cap on asylum applications was met violated federal immigration law. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision, opens new tab said federal law requires border agents to inspect all asylum seekers who "arrive" at designated border crossings, even if they have not yet crossed into the United States, and the so-called "metering" policy violated that obligation..

~Stacker_Sports News

• The average ticket price is hovering around $1,703 on the secondary market, according to reseller TickPick. That narrowly edges out the previous record holder in 2016 — and it’s more than double the average of last year.
• Tickets for the 2023 Series, in which the Texas Rangers clinched their first championship, cost about $776 on average across five games, TickPick said. The previous most expensive World Series was in 2016 between the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland, when the average ticket cost $1,691.

~Tech & ~Science

• By pivoting to smaller reactors, companies and policy makers aim to propel the proliferation of nuclear power, which is touted as a source of reliable energy free from greenhouse gas emissions. Plus, since smaller reactors produce less power, less residual heat needs to be removed to safely shut down the reactor in the event of an accident, simplifying safety systems.

~History with Mystery

• When globetrotter and travel writer Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore returned home to Washington, D.C., from a trip to Japan in 1885, she was smitten. Everything about the mysterious land in the Far East had enchanted the young woman, but the country’s flowering cherry trees had cast a particular spell on her.

~Entertainment World

• On Monday’s Daily Show, Jon Stewart took on Donald Trump‘s trending moments from the campaign trail in recent days: the former president’s staged shift at a McDonald’s and his lewd comments about former pro golfer Arnold Palmer, both in Pennsylvania. However, Stewart didn’t have the same reaction to these incidents that a number of news outlets did.

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