Let's Do The News! (January 13, 2023)

                                                             

Your daily round-up of today's news:

-  A new study claims that ExxonMobil correctly predicted the global climate impact on fossil fuels decades before it acknowledged the risks. Exxon's own scientists have predicted it in the 70s and continued burning of fuels would raise global temperatures by about 0.2 degrees celsius per decade.

- Ukraine's defense minister says the country's becoming a de facto member of NATO as Western nations continue to supply weapons to them against Russia.

- Anti-government protestors in Peru have attacked one of the country's main copper mains in the latest incident following the ousting of Pedro Castillo.

- The US Attorney-General Merrick Garland has appointed a special counsel to investigate Joe Biden's handling of classified documents from when he was vice president. Earlier, the US President told reporters that the second batch of documents was found in his garage at his Delaware home.

- Kevin Harvick announced his retirement from NASCAR after the 2023 season.

- Kyle Larson will race in the 2024 Indy 500 with the McLaren racing team.

- The Nissan GT-R range was updated for the 2024 model year with the return of the T-Spec and NISMO Special Edition models.

- Netflix original docu-series Drive To Survive's fifth season will stream this February 24th. The latest season covers the F1 22 season.

- The Synapusyu children's program is getting a movie this spring.

- Lisa Marie Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, dies at the age of 54.

- Justin Roiland, the co-creator of the hit animated sitcom Rick & Morty, faces domestic violence charges.

- The cast of Nickelodeon's TV series Zoey 101 will be reuniting in a Paramount+ original movie Zoey 102, coming this year.

TTFN.