In Other Brews…

  • President Biden and China’s President Xi met for (likely) the last time at Peru’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. Xi—already looking ahead to Trump's “America First” administration—emphasized that U.S.-China relations are vital for “the destiny of humanity.” Meanwhile, Biden took the opportunity to urge Xi to dissuade North Korea from deepening its support for Russia’s war on Ukraine.

  • A Southwest flight was “struck by gunfire near the cockpit” in Dallas on Friday night as it was preparing to take off for Indianapolis. There were 99 people on board, but no one was injured; the Boeing 737 returned to the terminal, and passengers deplaned while the city’s police and fire departments shut down the runway to investigate.

  • Conan O’Brien will host the 97th Academy Awards in March, giving four-time host Jimmy Kimmel a break. The 61-year-old comedian, famous for Late Night and Conan, joked, "America demanded it and now it's happening: Taco Bell's new Cheesy Chalupa Supreme… In other news, I'm hosting the Oscars." Academy officials dubbed him the “perfect” fit for the job. 

  • President Biden has given Ukraine the green light to use long-range American weapons inside Russia, a significant reversal of U.S. policy and something Moscow previously said would constitute an act of war. The change allows Kyiv to use the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) in response to the deployment of 10,000 North Koreans for Russia’s war effort.

  • Granny dAIsy to the rescue. The UK’s largest mobile network has introduced a chatbot named dAIsy meant to frustrate phone scammers. She mimics an older woman with “all the time in the world” to ask scammers questions about the interwebs and chat about her cat Fluffy while fraudsters try to get her (fake) bank deets. Watch dAIsy at work

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