Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Let's Do The News (February 28, 2023)

           

                                                                                   

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- The Philippine Coast Guard has confirmed the partial sinking of a ship containing 20 crewmen and 800,000 litres of industrial fuel on board in Oriental Mindoro. Personnel were deployed due to possible oil spill.

- Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim will visit the Philippines from tomorrow to the 2nd of March.

- A magnitude 5.6 quake rattles the Yesilyurt District of Malatya, Turkiye, killing one and 100 hurt. It's another aftershock from the M7.8 quake that rattled the Turkiye-Syria border and killed 48k.

- British PM Rishi Sunak hails his deal on post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland as a decisive breakthrough" but DUP concerns remain.

- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warns that the situation in Bakhmut is worsening.

- Florida governor Ron De Santis warned people to "buckle up" as he signed a bill tightening his control over Disney's Orlando theme parks. The bill strips power held by Disney for over five decades and allows more oversight by the Republican-led legislature.

- A Muslim preacher who was close to the bomber behind the 2008 Manchester attack had been suspected by MI5 of being a radicaliser over a decade earlier, according to reports.

- The Hyundai Avante CN7 was given a minor change for 2024 model year.

2024 Hyundai Avante

- Nissan will launch 27 new electrified models, including 19 electric vehicles by 2030.

- The F1 Academy all-female racing series adds Lola Lovinfosse to the list of drivers competing in the new series. Lovinfosse will represent Campos.

TTFN.

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