Thursday, July 15, 2021

Let's Do The News! (July 15, 2021)

         

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- About 17 quakes were recorded in Taal Volcano in the last 24 hours.

- Over 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest, according to a draft of a landmark scientific report.

- Malaysia's 7.41 billion ringgit mega project with China will not proceed by mutual agreement.

- Former US Vice President Mike Pence warns that China is on the verge to become an "evil empire", posing a greater threat to America than the Soviet Union.

- Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to launch the world's first unpiloted suborbital flight with an all-civilian crew next week.

- Alfa Romeo signed a multi-year F1 agreement with Sauber Motorsport.

- Supercars postponed this season's Sydney SuperNight event due to COVID-19.

- Marc Philipp Gemballa, the company named after the late Uwe Gemballa's son, unveiled the Marisen, a modified Porsche 992 911 Turbo S with offroad capability. It is limited to 40 units and each priced at 495,000 euros.



- Game 4 of the NBA Finals saw the Milwaukee Bucks leveled the score at two-all after defeating the Phoenix Suns at the score of 109-103.

- Richard Sherman is facing several charges after he was arrested at his wife's parents' residence in Redmond, WA.

- Nneka Ogwumike's petition to play for Nigeria in next week's Tokyo Olympics was denied due to "substantial involvement" of over 10 years with Team USA.

TTFN.

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