Saturday, September 4, 2021

Let's Do The News! (September 4, 2021)

                           

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Philippine Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States to pursue a lender-backed restructuring plan that aims to help the loss-making company get back on its feet following a pandemic-induced crash.

- Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament, following a series of a week-long debates from opposition MPs accusing the prime minister of corruption and mismanagement.

- The Constitutional Court in El Salvador said that presidents can now serve up to ten years.

- US President Joe Biden has ordered the declassification of some documents regarding the September 11, 2001 attack.

- New Zealand PM Jacinta Ardern has given more details about the Sri Lankan knife attacker who stabbed seven people in a supermarket before being shot dead by authorities.

- US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to arrive at Qatar for talks regarding Afghanistan.

- The judge in the US state of Texas granted a temporary restraining order preventing the anti-abortion pressure group from suing Planned Parenthood under the state's new abortion law that encourages citizens to sue everyone who helps a woman to get the termination past six weeks of pregnancy.

- Dacia unveiled the Jogger, a crossover MPV powered by a choice of two engines with a hybrid variant to follow in 2023.


- Audi unveiled the Grandsphere concept ahead of its IAA 2021 world premiere.



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