Monday, April 25, 2022
THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: North Korea boasts of ‘invincible power’ ahead of key military anniversary
UKRAINE CONFLICT: 4/25/2022
The latest in the ongoing Ukraine conflict:
- War in Ukraine: Latest developments
- Convulsed by war, tearful Ukrainians mark Orthodox Easter
- Borrell says no EU agreement on Russian energy embargo
- Ukraine proposes talks with Russia near besieged Mariupol plant
COVID-19 SITUATION: 4/25/2022
The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:
- Campaign crowds, health protocol violations contributed to uptick in COVID cases —DOH
- Second COVID-19 booster shot rollout underway
- Beijing's biggest district begins COVID-19 mass testing
Let's Do The News! (April 25, 2022)
Your daily round-up of today's news:
- COMELEC ditched the town hall debate and instead hold a panel interview for presidential and vice-presidential candidates.
- The Lacson-Sotto campaign sets its sights on the Ilocos region and Tarlac.
- Tensions are escalating in Jerusalem's Muslim quarter.
- Ousted Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi awaits a verdict in her first corruption case.
- The United Kingdom moves ahead with its mandatory climate plans for companies.
- World leaders welcomed French President Emmanuel Macron's re-election win.
- Twitter is reportedly re-examining Elon Musk's takeover offer.
- About ten were dead after a tourist boat went missing off the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido.
- One of the rarest deer species on Earth has been spotted at a nature reserve on Panay island.
- TV personality Kris Aquino leaves the Philippines for a few days and to stay overseas for over a year for treatments.
TTFN.
2022 NASCAR Cup Series - GEICO 500
The mayhem in Talladega, Alabama, comes alive with the GEICO 500 race of the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series.
As the green flag waved, the action in Dega has begun as the drivers are going for broke over who will dominate the superspeedway. In Stage 1, Tyler Reddick called it quits over engine failures while in the pitstop while Daniel Hemric, Chase Briscoe, and Chris Buescher got involved in a messy crash. With Bubba Wallace winning Stage 1, Stage 2 gets even more chaotic with the #22 triggering a messy pileup in Turn 1. With William Byron winning Stage 2, the climax is Talladega at its very best.
Screengrab from NASCAR |
In the end, Ross Chastain emerged late and won the GEICO 500 of the NASCAR Cup Series. His second win of the year!
The next race is at Dover for the DuraMAX Drydene 400 presented by RelaDyne this May 1st.
My GT7 Log: Know Your Legends - The Alpine A220
Let's get to know about the legendary cars that are hard to get in Gran Turismo 7's Legend Cars not only because of their extreme rarity that appears once in a blue moon but also their outrageous price tag that takes almost forever to save one. Today, let's get to know about the Alpine A220 Race Car, a racing machine that shows that Alpine is not just a maker of dominant rally cars like the A110.
Served as the successor of the A210 racing machine, the A220 is Alpine's failed attempt to gain an overall win in the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. Under the hood, the A220 is powered by a 3.0L V8 engine that produces almost 296HP of power and weighs 176lbs less than the A210. The A220 is the last racing machine made exclusively by Alpine before the Renault takeover.
Let's find out how fast the A220 Race Car goes around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Roll the tape.
It did it in 1:27.646, which is rather impressive for Alpine's failed attempt to win Le Mans overall but it's still an iconic masterpiece that time nearly forgot.
What other hard-to-get legendary cars should I drive next? Stay tuned for more.
WRC 2022: WRC Croatia Rally
The 2022 World Rally Championship continues in Zagreb for the Croatia Rally. Out with the cold, into the wet for the rally drivers.
The Friday stages saw a disastrous start for Esapekka Lappi while Adrien Fourmaux's hopes nosedived when his Ford Puma ended up in the front garden of someone's house. As Kalle Rovanpera managed to nail through the wet Friday stages, the Saturday stages saw Thierry Neuville get slapped with penalties while Rovanpera and Ott Tanak are in a heated clash that lasted until the end of the event.
Screengrab from WRC |
In the end, Rovanpera wins the WRC Croatia Rally at the rate of 2:48:21.5, 4.3 seconds quicker than Ott Tanak. Theirry finished 3rd.
After Croatia, Rovanpera leads with 76 points, 29 points ahead of Neuville.
The next event is the Vodafone Rally de Portugal, held at Matosinhos from the 19th to the 22nd of May, 2022.