Thursday, October 27, 2022

Let's Do The News! (October 27, 2022)

    

                                                 

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Paeng intensifies into a tropical storm, leaving PAGASA to declare Signal No. 1 over six areas in the Bicol Region.

- PH DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin C. Remulla said that the death of Jum Globa Villamor, the middleman in the Percy Lapid murder case, inside the New Bilibid Prison may be considered a murder case.

- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all nations to make tackling climate change their main priority to avoid catastrophic global warming, speaking ahead of next month's climate talks.

- Australia's national football team released a video criticizing Qatar's human rights record, less than a month before the FIFA World Cup. The video showcased suffering migrant abuses while urging the decriminalization of same-sex marriage.

- Protests in Iran continue after widespread demonstrations marked their 40th day.

- The Bolivian government is temporarily banned exports of basic foodstuffs because of the strike in the most populous regions.

- Herschel Walker, the former football player running for the US Senate as a pro-life Republican, faces claims from the second woman who paid for her to have an abortion. Walker denied claims.

- Finland MPs voted to relax the country's five-decade-old abortion law from next year. Women need approval from a single doctor to terminate a pregnancy.

- Hoonigan streamed the Electrikhana video featuring Ken Block and the Audi S1 Hoonitron car.

- Audi confirmed plans to buy a stake in Sauber to become a factory racing team in Formula 1 for 2026. The announcement means that Alfa Romeo will leave Formula 1 after the 2023 season while Sauber will continue using Ferrari engines in 2024 and 2025 until the Audi-made powertrains are ready. 

- Thai transgender businesswoman Anna Jakrajutatip has bought the Miss Universe Organization for 20 million US Dollars, marking the first time the beauty pageant will be owned by a woman.

TTFN

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