Thursday, December 1, 2022

Let's Do The News! (December 1, 2022)

                            

                                                 

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Guangzhou authorities have partially lifted COVID-19 restrictions in the wake of protests against lockdown measures. Temporary control orders have partially dropped in half of the city.

- Hong Kong's high court has approved a request from prosecutors to defer the trial of media mogul Jimmy Lai. Lai was charged with allegedly colliding with foreign forces and conspiring to print seditious publications.

- Two Palestinians were killed following heavy clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank between Palestinian militants and the Israeli Defense Force.

- The US Treasury has made available documents of Donald Trump's tax returns to the congressional committee. It follows a SCOTUS ruling last week.

- Lamborghini unveiled the Huracan Sterrato, an off-road special limited to 1,499 units. It's powered by a 610PS 5.2L V10 engine mated to a 7-speed DCT, sprinting from 0-100kph in 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 260kph.


- AMC Networks is laying off employees due to subscriber losses from cable cutting. Plus, its CEO Christina Spade steps down.

- Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the company does not have plans to stop selling the antisemitic film that gained notoriety recently after Kyrie Irving tweeted out an Amazon link to it.

- Jalen Kitna, the 19-year-old son of former NFL quarterback Jon Kitna, was arrested on two counts of distribution of child exploitation material and three counts of possession of child pornography.

- Former boxing referee Carlos Padilla admits cheating to help Manny Pacquiao win the fight against Nedal Hussein 22 years ago.

TTFN.

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