Let's Do The News! (November 9, 2017)

- World leaders attending the APEC Summit in Vietnam and 31st ASEAN Summit in the Philippines should raise concerns about the "deteriorating" human rights situations in numerous ASEAN countries. Rights watchdog Human Rights Watch stressed that heads of states should address the bloody “war on drugs” in the Philippines, the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, crackdown of dissenters in Vietnam and Cambodia and the abusive junta rule in Thailand.

- South Korea reportedly grant Filipinos visa-free entry to enter the country so they can witness next year's PyeongChang Winter Olympics. Reports told that Filipino tourists will be allowed to come to the Olympic host city Pyeongchang until April 2018, but only if they enter through the regional YangYang airport.

- Senator Richard "Dick" Gordon is facing plunder charges filed by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV yesterday over misuse of Philippine Red Cross funds.

- The Venezuelan assembly passed a new law that clamps down on social media and broadcasters alike by ordering prison sentences of up to 20 years for anyone who instigates hate. Human Rights Watch warns that this new law seeks to end free speech in Venezuela.

- NASA is seeking a nickname for a new world beyond the solar system that's next for New Horizons, the spacecraft that surveyed Pluto.

- Chevrolet teases a new C7 Corvette variant to be unveiled this November 12. Could it be...?

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 - Honda teases a facelifted N ONE kei car, coming this December. The facelifted N ONE will have two new models joining the standard and Premium models such as Select and RS.



- Idol girl group i☆Ris is back to perform a new opening theme song coming on Idol Time Pripara.

- Actress Toni Collette is set to star in an upcoming drama co-produced by BBC and Netflix, titled Wanderlust.

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THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Trump warns North Korea "Do not try us"

US President Donald Trump warned North Korea "Do not underestimate us. And do not try us."

In a speech delivered hours after he abotted a visit to the Demilitarized Zone due to bad weather, Trump said he had a message to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

"The weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger," Trump told the South Korean audience and urged all nations to "isolate the brutal regime of North Korea."

"The world cannot tolerate the menace of a rogue regime that threatens with nuclear devastation," he said.

Source: Associated Press

Project CARS 2: Godzilla in the fog

For today's Project CARS 2 session, I will be behind the wheel of Godzilla in Britain's most demanding racetrack in history, so demanding, it was used as a venue for the British GP leg of Formula 1 races. I'm talking about Silverstone and I will be using the Nissan GT-R NISMO to drive round Silverstone without crashing myself.



The GT-R NISMO is the result of Nissan's trial and error struggle to create a supercar that can compete against the world's best supercars. Nissan has sent their experts to research on supercars as well as motorsports and that research led to the creation of the GT-R that set a Nurburgring lap time of 7:08.679. In this 2017MY minor change, the GT-R NISMO gains an aggressive exterior design and a new interior as seen in the standard model while retaining the NISMO-tuned VR38DETT engine that produces 600PS of power and 650Nm of torque, mated to a 6-speed dual clutch gearbox as well as its motorsport-inspired dynamics that its professionals spent countless hours performing R&D in the creation of this ultimate GT-R.



The GT-R has been the strongman of Japanese car culture because of its popularity among street tuners and racers everywhere and with the NISMO variant, it pushes the envelope even further in its relentless pursuit of speed and precision that was known the world over. I am familiar with the GT-R NISMO's tale and the fact that it became the fastest Nissan to lap round the Nurburgring, which sets a new gold standard among sport grand tourers everywhere.

 

Driving Godzilla in Silverstone on a foggy day can be somewhat challenging because with all that mist coming around, it's hard to spot what corners will you be facing next. Also, with all that moisture going on because of that mist, traction is going to be a real issue in this condition so you'd need to tread carefully while you're out there. It's not just the speed and concentration that you should be worrying about when driving in the fog, but also alertness and your sense of sight because you may never know what you'll see next in such conditions. Drivers need to be sharp enough to survive a foggy race and you should too.

To see what I'm on about, I'm about to drive Godzilla around a foggy Silverstone and because this is an all-wheel drive car, I had confident that it can take on the moisture of this track because of the foggy condition but I need to stay alert because one slip will cost me dearly so here goes...



So, what do you think? Driving in the fog is as scary as it seems but I am as fast as a Japanese industrialist. I am.



Weather can pose as either a threat or opportunity for the drivers and because speed and skill is not enough to win races at such conditions, it takes adaptability to take on different weather conditions and in the case of the all-wheel drive Nissan GT-R, it's all about taking on different conditions whatever lays ahead on the track. If you are up to a different kind of driving challenge with different conditions, play Project CARS 2 now.

THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: US President Trump's speech at the National Assembly

US President Donald Trump warned North Korea against its nuclear program and human rights abuses at his speech to South Korea's National Assembly.

Trump called for joint efforts to isolate the North, stressing that the world could not tolerate the regime that threatens it with its nuclear program. He used much of the speech to hail South Korea's achievement. The speech was made a day after he held talks with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in.

It is the first to the country's parliament by a sitting US president in 24 years. Trump becomes the seventh US leader to do so. It is the only parliamentary address that he is giving during his five-nation tour of Asia.

Prior to his speech, Trump sat down for a brief chat with parliamentary speaker Chung Sye-kyun, and the floor leaders of country's ruling and opposition parties.

Meanwhile, both of the leaders sat down for their third one-on-one and an extended summit on Tuesday, the first day of President Trump's two-day state visit to South Korea. Meeting for their third bilateral summit in the past five months alone South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump kicked off their first summit talks in Seoul yesterday.

As far as North Korea is concerned, both leaders appeared determined to stress common ground. North Korea wasn't the only issue discussed by both sides.

Everything from further advancing the two nations' ties to renegotiating a five-year-old trade document between the two were thoroughly examined.

Source: Arirang News

Let's Do The News! (November 8, 2017)

-Former president Benigno Aquino III was charged before Sandiganbayan over the Mamasapano clash two years ago. The ombudsman's office filed its information or charge sheet against Aquino before the Sandiganbayan for the deaths of more than 60 people, including 44 police Special Action Force commandos,in a firefight in remote Mamasapano town in January 2015.

- Dionisio Santiago, the chairman of Dangerous Drugs Board, is fired days after criticizing the mega drug rehabilitation facility in Nueva Ecija. Santiago was reportedly instructed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea to tender his resignation on orders of President Duterte.

- UNESCO warns that journalism is threatened over the issue of fake news. The report, titled World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development, cited the rise of fake news stories that shroud the truth and muddy information, as well as social media algorithms that are contributing to the creation of virtual “echo chambers” and exacerbating political polarization.

- The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote against Net Neutrality as Commissioner Ajit Pai will announce his final plan to cannibalize net neutrality rules as soon as the 22nd of November, with a vote to follow quickly afterwards. However, Congress has oversight over the FCC. They can ease Pai's plot to cannibalize net neutrality rules or force him to drop them altogether. Earlier, the FCC is cooperating with major cable companies to stop state consumer protection rules.

- Virginia voters elected the nation's first openly transgender candidate to the Virginia House of Delegates, as Danica Roem defeated Bob Marshall, who had been elected 13 times over 26 years. As of 2107 Eastern Time, the Democrat gained 54.59% of the votes to Marshall's 45.36%. Meanwhile, Democrats are sweeping the elections in states like Virginia and New Jersey.

- Ousted Catalan leader Carlos Puigdemont criticized the passivity of European politicians denouncing the prosecution of dismissed secessionist officials in yesterday's interview. Puigdemont is fighting extradition to Spain, where other members of the ousted Cabinet have been sent to jail while awaiting the results of a probe for allegedly implementing a strategy to secede from Spain.

- Following the M4 CS, BMW unveiled the M3 CS which features the same upgraded 3.0L 6-cylinder twin turbo engine producing 460HP of power and 600Nm of torque, resulting to a 280kph top speed.



- Malaysian car company Perodua is teasing their next-generation Myvi compact. The next model will be powered by a choice of either a 1.3L or a 1.5L Dual VVT-i engine while it comes with safety features such as Vehicle Stability Control and Auto Emergency Brake.

- The Buick LaCrosse flagship saloon gained a flagship Avenir variant with luxurious features.



- Next up on DreamTech's LoveLive Sunshine Kimino Kokorowa Kagayaiterukai figure lineup is Chika Takami as this penultimate addition's yours for 14,800 Yen (plus tax and delivery) and arrives this March.



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THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: Trump ahead of SK visit

South Korea President Moon Jae-in made a surprise visit to a US military base to personally welcome US President Donald Trump on Tuesday in a move that highlights the two nations' 6-decade alliance.

Trump received a security briefing before hosting a lunch for South Korean and US armed service members at the base. The official said they will hold their third bilateral summit later in the day at Cheong Wa Dae.

His talks with Moon will likely focus on ways to bring North Korea to the negotiating table. The South Korean leader has often emphasized that any pressure on the North should aim to change the way the regime behaves and encourage it come to the dialogue table.

They are widely expected to introduce a more detailed action plan to add pressure to North Korea.

Source: Arirang News

Let's Do The News! (November 7, 2017)

- Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is set to file plunder charges against Senator Richard "Dick" Gordon and a libel case against blogger Rey Joseph Nieto.

- President Rodrigo Duterte is set to meet Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the ASEAN summit.

- The Commission of Elections is expecting around 800,000 individuals to register for next week's Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections.

- 26 people are killed when a man dressed in tactical-style gear and armed with an assault rifle stormed through a church in a small South Texas community on Sunday. Authorities didn’t identify the attacker during a news conference Sunday night, but two other officials – one a US official and one in law enforcement – identified him as Devin Kelley. They spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the investigation.

- Nissan has resumed operations in their Japanese factories after they suspend their activities due to inspection woes.

- Lamborghini collaborated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create a concept supercar called the Terzo Millennio, which is surprisingly a self-healing and self-driving electric car of the future.



- Nico Yazawa and Hanayo Koizumi are joining the figFIX's Lovelive Cheer Girl line of figures as they are now available to order starting at 5,370 Yen each and arrives this May.



- The trailer of Fifty Shades Freed, the final chapter of the Fifty Shades trilogy, arrives. This film arrives in theaters Valentine's Day 2018.




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