Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Let's Do The News! (November 28, 2023)

                                  

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

- The Philippines has recorded over 200K cases of flu and COVID cases, according to the country's Department of Health.

- The Philippine government is expected to lodge another diplomatic protest against China after its fighter jets orbited a Philippine Air Force aircraft during a recent patrol operation in the West Philippine Sea.

- Senator Risa Hontiveros has filed a resolution urging the PBBM administration to cooperate with the International Criminal Court. The resolution filed by the Senate deputy minority leader came after a similar resolution was filed in the House of Representatives.

- The Israel-Hamas truce has been extended for two days, according to Qatar, according to reports. Israel says 11 hostages have been handed to the Red Cross in Gaza, including three-year-old twins and other children.

- British PM Rishi Sunak cancels his meeting with the Greek Prime Minister as diplomatic row breaks out over Elgin Marbles.

- The United Kingdom has detected its first human case of a variant of the H1N2 flu strain, one similar to the one circulating in pigs.

- The government of Sierra Leone blames renegade soldiers for a series of attacks in Freetown on Sunday that left twenty people dead.

- The reborn Lancia will launch the all-new, all-electric Ypsilon this February with the Lancia Ypsilon Edizione Limitata Cassina, limited to 1906 units.

- Luxury fashion brand BVLGARI teams up with Gran Turismo to unveil its Vision Gran Turismo entry this December 3 as well as its BVLGARI Aluminium x Gran Turismo Special Edition watches.

- The 2024 WEC season will feature 14 manufacturers, 19 Hypercars, and 18 LMGT3 vehicles. Qatar and Imola are added to the list of the 2024 season's race venues. MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi will race at the LMGT3 class with BMW, Mick Schumacher joins the Alpine hypercar driver lineup, and Robert Kubica joins the list of Ferrari 499P drivers this 2024 season.

- The third season of the Netflix reality series, Singles Inferno, will premiere this December 12th. The latest season will be hosted by Hong Jun Kyung, Le Da Hee, Kyuhyun, Hanhae, and former UDT soldier and previous contestant Dex.

- The merger between WWE and UFC was challenged in a lawsuit alleging a "sham sales process". Investors claim that WWE board members favored a merger with Endeavor's UFC to allow Vince McMahon to stay on as executive chairman of TKO Group.

- The BBC's subscription podcast service is launching in 166 new countries.

- Businessman Mark Cuban says he will leave Shark Tank in 2025.

- Veteran actor Robert De Niro expressed upset that his anti-Donald Trump speech at the Gotham Awards got cut out by Apple.

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