Saturday, August 20, 2022

Let's Do The News! (August 20, 2022)

                   

                                                 

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a visit by international inspectors will restore the safety of a nuclear power plant that was captured by Russian forces.

- Greece ended 12 years of fiscal surveillance by the European Union, which is part of the price of being bailed out from a crushing debt crisis.

- Russian jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny says he was poisoned two years ago on this day and subsequent imprisonment has ended up unmasking the Vladimir Putin regime.

- Acura announced the revival of the ZDX badge as the brand's first electric crossover coming this 2024.

- The McLaren Solus GT was unveiled and it was inspired by the Vision Gran Turismo concept. 25 of these were made and officially sold out before unveiling.


- The new Aston Martin V12 Vantage receives the Roadster variant.


- The Lamborghini Urus Performante was unveiled. This high-performance variant of the crossover features an upgraded V8 twin-turbo engine capable of producing 666PS of power. It broke the SUV record of the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at the rate of 10:32.064.


- Bugatti unveiled the W16 Mistral, which is the last road-going model to be powered by a W16 engine.



- Koenigsegg unveiled the CC850, which is inspired by the legendary CC8S that was unveiled 20 years ago. It is powered by a 5L V8 Twin-Turbo engine that produces up to 1,385HP while running on E85 fuel and is mated to the world's first 6-speed Engage Shift Transmission.


- The Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan TV drama returns with the third installment of episodes airing this December.

- K-Pop Girl Group Rocket Punch will make a comeback this month.

TTFN.

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