DAILY DOSE: May 9, 2021

Posted on 05/09/2021

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1. The Scottish National Party won 64 of the 129 seats in the Scottish Parliament, one more than in 2016. The pro-independence Green Party increased the number of its lawmakers from 6 to 8.

2. Copper skyrocketed this week to an all-time high. The last copper price record was set in 2011. Copper futures rose as high as US$ 10,440 per ton in London on Friday.

3. London Mayor Sadiq Khan, the incumbent Labour Party candidate, was re-elected. Shaun Bailey ran a closer-than-expected second.

4. Baseball stadiums in New York plan to segregate fans into vaccinated people and non-vaccinated people.

5. At least 25 were killed in Kabul bombing that targeted schoolgirls in Afghanistan.