UKRAINE CONFLICT: 4/8/2022

                           

The latest in the ongoing Ukraine conflict:

• EU approves Russia coal embargo, proposes more arms to Ukraine
• WHO says over 100 attacks confirmed on healthcare in Ukraine
• US ends normal trade ties with Russia over Ukraine invasion
• Russia rights council suspension sends strong signal: NGOs
• Russia declares early termination of membership of UN Human Rights Council

COVID-19 SITUATION: 4/8/2022

                                 

The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

• Executive branch should release report on pandemic-related expenditures, says Pimentel
• Another Covid-19 surge may happen in PH, warns WHO
• Duterte: Covid-19 depleted intel funds
• House speaker latest high-profile Covid case in Washington
• Taiwan to move away from zero-Covid strategy: minister
• Omicron lasts three days less than Delta for boosted: study

Let's Do The News! (April 8, 2022)

                                 

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- The Low-Pressure Area is expected to continue to bring light to heavy rains over most of Visayas and Mindanao and parts of Luzon in the next 24 hours, according to PAGASA.

- The Philippines and Canada are collaborating to boost cooperation in higher education.

- Senator Migz Zubiri urges the government to suspend a new round of sugar importation.

- Two were killed and eight were hurt in the recent shooting attack in Tel Aviv.

- China launched a new Earth-observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

- The US Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson as the 116th Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court and the first Black woman to sit in the highest court.

- The smart #1 compact SUV has been unveiled.

- Dallas Cowboys legend Rayfield Wright dies at the age of 76.

- GMA's Voltes V Legacy TV show casts Carla Abellana.

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My FH5 Log: The Ascari KZ1R

Moments after its last appearance in the previous Horizon adventure, the Ascari KZ1R returns in Forza Horizon 5 as a prize car after achieving enough points from the Series 6 Wet Season Horizon Playlist. Now that I got one, it's time to have a word with an old friend.

Revealed at the 2008 Goodwood Festival of Speed, the KZ1R is the improved version of the Ascari KZ1 and it's a softened road-legal version of the KZ1-R GT3 race car. It comes with the improved version of the V8 engine derived from the old BMW E39 M5, which produces 520BHP of power and it can go 0-60 in under three seconds.

With the quick info done, it's time to give the Ascari KZ1R a new lease of life by settling a race against the other guys on Mexican grounds, just to see if it's still the Ascari I'm familiar with. Roll the tape.

Enjoy your new ride!

UKRAINE CONFLICT: 4/7/2022

                          

The latest in the ongoing Ukraine conflict:

• Putin’s daughters, sanctioned by US, hidden from public eye
• Ukraine asks Prague, Bratislava for arms repairs
• Nato chief warns Ukraine war could last "months, even years"

COVID-19 SITUATION: 4/7/2022

                                

The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:

• Palace: Survey shows shifting to COVID-19 alert level system effective in reopening economy
• Shanghai vows to improve food deliveries as discontent grows over COVID-19 curbs
• Driving schools in Malaysia faced with large backlog of students due to previous MCOs, current Covid SOPs

Let's Do The News! (April 7, 2022)

                                

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hopes that Congress will rectify the vetoed provisions of the security of tenure bill.

- Manila mayor Isko Moreno is still the second-choice presidential bet in the recent Pulse Asia survey.

- Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo slams red-tagging of her campaign volunteers.

- The Philippine Air Force receives two attack helicopters from Turkey and a C-295 aircraft.

- The LPA outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility has become a tropical depression.

- A new 1000-peso-bill will be unveiled this month.

- The number of spider species has risen to 50,000.

- Sydney asks thousands to evacuate as heavy rains cause flash floods.

- Honda to unveil the new Civic Type R this summer as the next model lapped Suzuka faster than its FK8 predecessor.

- The Mazda CX-60 crossover has been unveiled. The first to run on the new rear-wheel-drive platform and the first to have a PHEV variant. Sales in Japan will start early autumn.

- Doraemon co-creator Fujiko Fujio passed away at the age of 88.

- Schools who are part of the NCAA leagues are falling short on cash-for-grades pay.

- NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom hopes to ben UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet's ear about her China visit.

- Veteran actor Carlos Salazar died at the age of 90.

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