Let's Do The News! (August 6, 2024)

     

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

-  The Philippine Eagle named Uswag has died, according to the Philippine Eagle Foundation. The eagle died upon falling due to strong winds caused by the habagat. It is the 9th case of the species' "crash-landing" casualty since 1994.

- According to Senator Win Gatchalian, the siblings of Alice Guo have fake baptismal certificates.

- Hurricane Debby made landfall in the Florida Big Bend area. Almost 300K homes and businesses are affected statewide as catastrophic rainfall is projected to hit swaths of Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina.

- Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly over online searches, the US judge ruled in a landmark case.

- US markets tumble amid a global sell-off as fears grow over the country's economic slowdown.

- UK PM Keir Starmer says "an army" of specialist police officers is on standby to tackle the violent disorder. "This is not protest, it is pure violence", the PM says in the wake of violent clashes in towns and cities across the country.

- Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina has resigned and fled the country following violent protests. The country's army chief says an interim government will be formed and new elections will be called, although there has not been much detail provided. Hasina is now in India with rumors of traveling to London.

- Ferrari is reportedly axing the Roma coupe, the 812 range, and the SF90 Stradale. The 812 range will be replaced by the 12Cilindri while the Roma Spider and the SF90XX Stradale range will remain.

- Lamborghini is teasing a new supercar coming soon.

- Kaiju No. 8's 2nd season will air in 2025. The first season's compilation film is coming soon with an extra episode.

- ICYMI: GameStop shuts down Game Informer gaming magazine after 33 years. The 367th issue arrived in June 2024 featuring Dragon Age: The Veilguard as the cover story is the last physical issue of Game Informer.

- Taiwan's government called on French authorities to investigate an incident at the Paris Olympics men's doubles badminton final against China when a Taiwan supporter had her sign reading, "Let's go Taiwan," ripped from her hands and torn up.

TTFN.