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Start your day smarter with the most important world news, plus intriguing and offbeat stories. www.ozy.com [OZY]( [OZY]() Your World. Bold & Bright [Presidential Daily Brief]( Sponsored by [Parks Project]( Start your day smarter with a dossier on the most important world news, rounded off with a shot of intriguing and offbeat stories. Like the president, you deserve no less. Nov 21, 2022 Today Nearly 200 nations at COP27 promised to compensate poor countries for “loss and damage” — but they did little to stem carbon emissions. The Colorado Springs gay club massacre could’ve been much worse if a customer hadn’t neutralized the gunman. Video footage suggests that Ukrainian soldiers who killed Russian POWs may have committed war crimes. And just two years after his departure, Bob Iger’s returned as Disney CEO. All this and more in today’s PDB. [Give The Gift Of Parks]( [Masterworks]( Give The Gift Of Parks this Holiday with 25% Off Sitewide! Shop our biggest sale of the year starting AT MIDNIGHT On 11/23 with code GIFTPARKS. When you support [Parks Project](, you join our mission to leave it better than we found it. To date, we have contributed over $2,500,000 to projects that restore habitats in parklands. [Enter The Parks Gift Shop]( IMPORTANT Mea Culpa US, EU Agree to ‘Loss and Damage’ Fund as COP27 Closes After a marathon negotiating session, nearly 200 nations signed a deal that will, for the first time, provide compensation to poor countries that have suffered “loss and damage” from climate change — but without an agreement on how it would work. This marked a major departure for the U.S., which had long opposed such concessions. When it came to cutting emissions to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, COP27 was widely judged as a failure. Former Irish president and U.N. climate envoy Mary Robinson said, “The world remains on the brink of climate catastrophe. Progress … has been too slow.” (Sources: [The Guardian](, [Al Jazeera]() Heroes Patrons Subdued Gunman in Colorado Gay Nightclub Shooting Five people were killed Saturday night. But if a Club Q customer hadn’t grabbed a handgun from the suspect, pistol-whipped him and pinned him down until police arrived, the outcome “could have been exponentially more tragic,” said Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers. The hero was one of at least two patrons police credit with stemming the bloodshed. While a motive hasn’t been established, Suthers said it “has all the appearances of being a hate crime.” Kevin Jennings of LGBT rights group Lambda Legal added, “America’s toxic mix of bigotry and absurdly easy access to firearms means such events are all too common.” (Sources: [AP](, [Reuters]() Pot/Kettle Videos Suggest Ukrainian Soldiers Committed a War Crime One by one, the Russian soldiers exit, hands aloft, from the outhouse and lie facedown in surrender. The last to emerge, however, opens fire on his Ukrainian captors. The cellphone video cuts out there, but drone footage taken minutes later shows 12 Russian soldiers lying motionless in pools of blood. The videos were first circulated by pro-Ukrainian outlets, but Russian hawks pounced on them as proof of Ukrainian war crimes. Iva Vukusic, a war crimes expert, said it depends on the timing, but she urged Ukraine to “seize on this opportunity and send a message” of transparency. (Sources: [NYT](, [Al Jazeera]() Bob’s Yer Uncle Bob Iger Replaces Bob Chapek as Disney CEO Two years after handing over the reins, Iger — who served as CEO for 15 years — has been brought back to guide Disney through a “pivotal period” of “industry transformation.” Chapek’s tenure included disappointing financial results and a feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over LGBT discussions in schools, but his departure was nevertheless a surprise. He recently signed a three-year contract extension, and last week sent an internal memo outlining cost-cutting plans. Iger said he was “extremely optimistic for the future of this great company and thrilled to be asked by the board to return as its CEO.” (Source: [WaPo]() Briefly Here are some things you should know about today: Sweet 16. Following a Supreme Court ruling, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed to introduce a bill to lower the voting age to 16 — but it’s unlikely to pass. (Source: [Stuff]() Too soon. Jason David Frank, one of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has died at 49, reportedly by suicide. “He was an inspiration to so many people,” said fellow ranger Walter Jones. (Source: [TMZ]() Quake. A 5.6 magnitude earthquake in Indonesia’s West Java province killed at least 46 people and injured 700. The tolls may rise once other hospitals in the area have been contacted. (Source: [The Guardian]() //link.ozy.com/click/29759654.68115/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cub3p5LmNvbS9uZXdzLWFuZC1wb2xpdGljcy9hdmEtZHV2ZXJuYXktb24tdGhlLWxpYmVyYXRpbmctcG93ZXItb2Ytc3Rvcnl0ZWxsaW5nLzM5NTg5MT91dG1fdGVybT1PWlkmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXBkYiZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1Nb25kYXlfMTEuMjEuMjI/5cc372683f92a4331dae6934Bc6fe75cf [WATCH NOW]( INTRIGUING Eureka! Rediscovered: Bird Lost to Science for 140 Years “To find something that’s been gone for that long, that you’re thinking is almost extinct, and then to figure out that it’s not extinct, it feels like finding a unicorn or a Bigfoot,” said expedition co-leader John Mittermeier. The black-naped pheasant pigeon hadn’t been documented by scientists since 1882. After a month of trudging through steep ravines and dense forests on the island of Fergusson in Papua New Guinea, the team retrieved camera trap footage of the chicken-sized bird on the expedition’s final day. “It was, without exaggeration, the most surreal moment of my life,” said Cornell University ornithologist Jordan Boersma. (Source: [Audubon](; Video source: Jason Gregg/American Bird Conservancy) Adios Hebe de Bonafini, Argentine Civil Rights Campaigner, Dies at 93 In 1977, after months searching for her two sons, de Bonafini teamed up with 13 other women whose children had been kidnapped by security forces. Together they founded the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. Every Thursday the group protested outside the president’s residence in Buenos Aires, walking counterclockwise around a clock tower. Their first leader was kidnapped and killed but the protests continued. After the fall of the military dictatorship the Mothers continued and de Bonafini was elected leader of a radical faction. A fierce critic of U.S. interference in Latin America, she controversially said she “felt happiness” after 9/11. (Source: [The Guardian]() ‘Warm Biz’ Tokyo Governor: Wear Turtlenecks to Save Electricity “Warming the neck has a thermal effect,” said Gov. Yuriko Koike. “I’m wearing a turtleneck myself and wearing a scarf also keeps you warm. This will save electricity.” It’s all part of the Japanese government’s “warm biz” campaign to get through the “harsh winter energy climate together.” Japan’s facing a squeeze on energy supplies due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In August Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a controversial call to revive the nation’s nuclear power program. But for now Koike’s urging compatriots to learn from French President Emmanuel Macron who is “taking a lead in wearing turtlenecks.” (Source: [The Guardian]() Late Bloomer Latin Grammy Wins Latin Grammy for Best New Artist at 95 “I want to dedicate this award to God and to my beloved country, Cuba, which I will never be able to forget,” Angela Álvarez, great-grandmother of 15, said in her acceptance speech. Growing up, her father banned her from pursuing a musical career, so she wrote and played songs at home. After Fidel Castro seized power in 1959 she made the “most difficult” decision to send her four children to the U.S. before she eventually joined them. Her grandson encouraged her to record her [first album]( in 2021. “To those who have not fulfilled their dream,” Álvarez said, “it’s never too late.” (Sources: [CNN](, [WaPo]() Straight Talker Soccer World Cup: Iran Captain Speaks Out Over Abuses at Home Upon arriving at Sunday’s press conference, Ehsan Hajsafi addressed the elephant in the room: “Before anything else, I would like to express my condolences to all of the bereaved families in Iran,” he said. “The conditions in our country are not right and our people are not happy.” This despite FIFA boss Gianni Infantino’s [bizarre exhortations]( for those attending the morally dubious Qatar World Cup to not mix sports and politics. The BBC’s Shaimaa Khalil described Hajsafi’s comments as “extraordinary — not so much because of what was said but because of who has said them and where he said them.” (Source: [BBC]() COMMUNITY What else are you curious about? 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