Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Let's Do The News! (July 25, 2023)

                           

                                                                                      

Your daily round-up of today's news...

- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos, in his second SONA, urged Congress to pass 16 priority measures.

- SIM registration in the Philippines has reached 105 million, according to the NTC.

- Over 16.8K people were heavily affected by Super Typhoon Egay and habagat, according to the NDRRMC. As of now, PAGASA raised Signal No. 4 over Northern Luzon due to Egay.

- Israel has passed the controversial judicial reform. Opposition lawmakers boycotted the vote while mass protests will continue.

- Greta Thunberg was fined for a Swedish climate protest.

- Elon Musk renamed Twitter as X.

- India rejects the proposal to construct a BYD EV factory due to security concerns.

- Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn acquires a 50% stake in ZF's axle system unit.

- Tata is investing over four billion pounds for a new UK battery plant set for 2026 completion with 40Gwh annual capacity.

- Honda will race its Civic Type R GT500 race car in next year's Super GT season.

Honda Civic Type R GT500

- Boy group MONSTA X bids their member Joohoney goodbye as he is enlisted in the military.

- Ubisoft clarifies that it won't delete its game libraries due to game inactivity after fan panic.

- Two props from the Beetlejuice sequel movie set got stolen.

- Publicists and SAG-AFTRA are set to meet as midsize PR firms are getting crushed by strikes.

- Denver Broncos player Eyioma Uwazurike got suspended for betting on NFL games.

- Former Northwestern player Lloyd Yates filed a lawsuit against the university, outlining what he alleged was a "brainwashing culture" of hazing and abuse that became "normalized."

TTFN.

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