Wednesday, November 3, 2021

Let's Do The News! (November 3, 2021)

                

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- The Philippines and the UAE are taking a step closer to forming a space technology pact.

- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III urges PhilHealth to speed up payment of hospital claims.

- The CHED said that the removal of so-called subversive books from libraries of various universities across the Philippines is an "assault" on academic freedom.

- A 6.1 magnitude quake rattled eastern Indonesia

- During the COP26, world leaders issued a landmark pledge to cut methane emissions this decade without China.

- Ethiopia is now under a nationwide state of emergency as the Tigrayan rebels advance through the capital.

- Republican Glenn Youngkin defeated former governor Terry McAuliffe in Virginia gubernatorial race.

- Democrat Eric Adams has been elected as mayor of New York City.

- In Washington state, Bruce Harrell was elected as the next mayor of Seattle while incumbent Victoria Woodards was re-elected mayor of Tacoma.

- Facebook to shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of over 1 billion people.

- The current-generation Audi A8 range received its minor change.



- Atlanta Braves won its first World Series title in over two decades.

- Troubled actor Alec Baldwin shares "Rust" crew member's comments slamming reports of "unsafe" conditions.

TTFN.

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