Saturday, June 17, 2023

Let's Do The News! (June 17, 2023)

                                                                                    

Your daily round-up of today's news:

NATO failed to approve its first defense plans since the Cold War during its recent meeting with its member states.

- The suspect from the Nottingham attacks, Valdo Calocane, was charged with the murders of Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar, and Ian Coates, as well as three counts of attempted murder.

- The gunman who killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018, named Robert Bowers, was found guilty of the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history.

- The Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg dies at the age of 92.

- Japan revamped its sex crime laws, redefining rape and raising the age of consent to 16.

- Google announced that it will remove its Album Archive on the 19th of July, 2023. Some content that's only available in Album Archive will be deleted on the said deadline include; small thumbnail photos and album comments/likes, Google Hangouts data from Album Archive, and background images uploaded in the Gmail theme picker before 2018.

- The Koenigsegg Regera smashed the 0-400kph record in 28.81 seconds, beating the Rimac Nevera by over a second.

- A US judge slams WWE's defense in an antitrust lawsuit that claims the league monopolizes the media rights market. WWE captured the bulk of media rights deals with 670 million dollars.

- Actor Patrick Guzman, a 90s heartthrob, passed away in Toronto, Canada.

- NBC cancels American Auto after two seasons.

- Veteran music scorer Hans Zimmer proposes to his partner during his live London concert.

- Actor Pete Davidson was charged with reckless driving following his crash at Beverly Hills.

TTFN.

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