Let's Do The News! (February 9, 2022)

                                             

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Campaign period for the May 2022 elections has officially begun.

- The TikTok user who allegedly posted death threats against Bongbong Marcos surrenders.

- Two NPA rebels are killed in a clash with government soldiers.

- Colombia's presidential candidate Gustavo Petro apologized for a speech he gave a day before while under the influence of alcohol.

- Thousands protest in Buenos Aires against the agreement reached between Argentinian President Alberto Fernandez and the IMF on the repayment of a $44 billion loan.

- Canada and US business groups call for the end of the trucker trade route blockade.

- European and US regulators warn banks of a possible Russian cyberattack.

- Hyundai announces its return to the Japanese market with the IONIQ 5 electric vehicle and the Nexo fuel-cell vehicle.

- The first-ever Alfa Romeo Tonale has been unveiled and this compact crossover is the first Alfa Romeo to be electrified as it offers hybrid and PHEV variants.

- TOEI unveiled the cast of the 2022 Super Sentai Series installment Abatarou Sentai Donbrothers. The show stars Kohei Higuchi as Taro Momoi/Don Momotaro, Yuki Beppu as Shinichi Saruhara/Saru Brother, Kohaku Shida as Haruka Kito/Oni Sister, Ru Tota as Tsubasa Inuzuka/Inu Brother, and Hirofumi Suzuki as Tsuyoshi Kijino/Kiji Brother. Yuya Tominaga, Amisa Miyazaki, and Shinosuke Takahashi play as villain characters Sonoi, Sononi, and Sonoza, Soko Wada as Jin Momoi, and a special appearance by Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger's Kiita Komagine reprising the role of Kaito Goshikida. MORISAKI WIN performs the show's opening theme song.

- Trial of former Los Angeles Angels employee Eric Kay over role in Tyler Skaggs' death begins in Texas.

- Adele wins big at the BRIT Awards.

TTFN.