Let's Do The News! (January 9, 2023)

                                                         

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- The Philippines has announced plans to import thousands of tons of onions in an effort to overcome the shortage of the said vegetable.

- Brazilian President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva visited the Congress and other government buildings in Brasilia, hours after being ransacked by Bolsonaro supporters. Jair Bolsonaro, who is in the United States, denies involvement.

- The United Nations is due to host a conference in Geneva to raise funds for Pakistan's recovery from last year's devastating floods.

- Australian PM Anthony Albanese has visited a remote town in the west of the country that's been overwhelmed by floods.

- The region of Bosnia is celebrating a nationalist holiday that was ruled illegal by the Balkan countries' constitutional court.

- Israel's new far-right national security minister has ordered Israeli police to remove all Palestinian flags from all public places, calling waving the Palestinian flag a support for terrorism.

- TOEI's Hirogaru Sky! Precure TV Series will premiere this February 5th. The 2023 installment will be the franchise's 20th installment. It features the voices of Akira Sekine as Cure Sky, Ai Kakuma as Cure Prism, and Aoi Koga as Elle-chan.

- Don Spike was sentenced to probation at his first trial for a drug case.

- In Game 5 of the PBA Commissioner's Cup finals, Ginebra leads at 3-2 after defeating the Bay Area Dragons at the score of 101-91.

- Veteran journalist and TV host Bernard Kalb dies at the age of 100.

- Actor Adam Rich dies at the age of 54.

TTFN.