Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Let's Do The News! (September 14, 2022)

                                   

                                                 

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Mourners queue to pay respects to the late Queen Elizabeth II, whose remains are in Westminster Hall from later today. Hundreds are expected to join the line over the next four days.

- Ukrainian authorities are expected to drive Russian forces away from territories they've seized. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, 8,000 sq, km of land were liberated.

- Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Kazakhstan on his first state visit outside China since the beginning of the COVID pandemic. He's expected to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Uzbekistan to talk about Ukraine and Taiwan.

- Health organizations led by the WHO called for a treaty to phase out fossil fuels, calling it a "grave danger" to human health.

- The European Union will reveal plans to bloc-wide cuts to electricity use and windfall taxes on energy companies in an attempt to tackle rising energy costs.

- The first-ever Ferrari Purosangue was unveiled. Being the first-ever four-door Ferrari ever made, the Purosangue is powered by a 6.5L V12 engine producing 725PS of power and 716Nm of torque. Mated to an 8-speed F1 gearbox, it can do 0-100kph in 3.3 seconds and a top speed of over 310kph.

2023 Ferrari Purosangue

- Chrysler unveiled the 300C Limited Edition, which will mark the end of the 300's production after the 2023 model year. The special model brings back the 6.4L HEMI V8 engine producing 485HP of power. Only 2200 will be made for North America.


- The recent Nintendo Direct from the 2022 Tokyo Game Show unveiled a new Legend of Zelda game, Fire Emblem Engage, Octopath Traveller II, Pikmin 4, and more.

- Sony unveiled some video game announcements at the 2022 Tokyo Game Show such as Tekken 8, SYNDUALITY, Front Mission remakes, and more.

- The upcoming SYNDUALITY video game gets a TV anime adaptation.

- Text messages revealed that a former Mississippi governor helped Brett Favre obtain welfare funds for the university volleyball stadium.

- CJ ENM and Richard Juan's company 28 Squared Studios are collaborating to lead the auditions for the Philippine edition of a global K-Pop boy group project BOYS PLANET.

TTFN.

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