The latest in the ongoing Ukraine conflict:
- Frustrated Balkans warn Ukraine over EU "illusions"
- Global food crisis ‘will kill millions’ by disease, health executive warns
- Russian oil tankers get India safety cover via Dubai company
Thursday, June 23, 2022
UKRAINE CONFLICT: 6/23/2022
Let's Do The News! (June 23, 2022)
Your daily round-up of today's news:
- Over 15,000 personnel to guard Bongbong Marcos' inauguration next week, according to the NCRPO.
- An LPA is spotted, causing eastern parts of Luzon and Visayas to experience rainy weather.
- The death toll from the Afghani quake hits a thousand and more to come later.
- The United States is expanding monkeypox testing capacity amid rising cases.
- Twitter is testing its long-form text feature called Notes.
- The United Kingdom is proposing a new trading system for developing countries.
- Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved to solitary confinement in prison.
- The World Health Organization will decide whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency, stirring criticism from leading African scientists who say it has been a crisis in their region for years.
- The US prosecutors seek a jail term of 30 to 55 years for Ghislaine Maxwell after being convicted of helping Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls.
- NASCAR Hall Of Famer and track operator Bruton Smith dies at the age of 95.
- Perodua teases the all-new Alza MPV. It will be powered by a 1.5L engine and mated a D-CVT.
- McLaren and Nissan join forces in the Gen 3 era of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. McLaren's Gen 3 Formula E powertrains will be powered by Nissan.
- Pininfarina unveiled the Viritech Apricale Concept ahead of its Goodwood Festival of Speed debut.
- Kang Daniel and Spongebob Squarepants are collaborating on a special project.
- Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Finals saw the Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning at the score of 3-2. Colorado leads at 3-1.
- Former NFL player Tony Siragusa dies at the age of 55.
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
UKRAINE CONFLICT: 6/22/2022
The latest in the ongoing Ukraine conflict:
- Russia's war in Ukraine: Live updates
- Russia rains rockets on Kharkiv, at least 15 killed
- Ukraine: Could it join the EU, and how might Russia react?
- Putin to meet leaders from bloc of countries that have not condemned his invasion of Ukraine
COVID-19 SITUATION: 6/22/2022
The latest in the ongoing COVID-19 situation:
- ‘Dating gawi?’ Group slams easing of physical distancing for face-to-face classes
- DOH urges parents to get kids vaccinated ahead resumption of face-to-face classes
- Group supports resumption of face-to-face classes for all schools in SY 2022-2023
- Vergeire to lead Covid-19 vax operations—DOH
- Rest of minors aged 12 to 17 can avail of Covid-19 booster shots in coming days—DOH
- Long wait over as US vaccinates youngest against Covid
- Moderna to build UK centre for mRNA vaccines
Let's Do The News! (June 22, 2022)
Your daily round-up of today's news:
- Outgoing PH national security advisrt Hermogenes Esperon Jr. praised the shutdown of the CPP triad-linked websites.
- Senator Sherwin Gatchalian urges the government to increash cash aid for PUV drivers, fund Pantawid Pasada, and Libreng Sakay programs.
- The PCSO has donated almost one million pesos worth of medical equipment to Nueva Ecija.
- The Philadelphia police is now aftering the suspect who killed a Filipino lawyer.
- 920 people were killed in an Afghan quake.
- South Korea has reported its first suspected monkeypox cases.
- The United Kingdom will offer a monkeypox vaccine to control spread.
- NASA's moon rocket test has met 90% of the objectives
- The Peugeot 408 was unveiled.
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- The first-ever BMW M3 Touring was unveiled.
- Baltimore Ravens' outside linebacker Jaylon Ferguson died at the age of 26.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2022
THREATS FROM NORTH KOREA: South Korea prepares for second space rocket attempt
South Korea is set for a second test launch of its domestically produced Nuri space rocket on Tuesday, eight months after the first test successfully blasted off but failed to place a dummy satellite in orbit.
On Monday, the rocket was erected on its launch pad at the Naro Space Center on the southern coast of South Korea. The test had been scheduled for last week, but was scrubbed in the hours before launch because of a problem with an oxidizer tank sensor.
Officials will decide Tuesday afternoon whether to proceed.
The three-stage KSLV-II Nuri rocket, designed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to eventually put 1.5-ton payloads into orbit 600 to 800 km above the Earth, is a cornerstone of the country’s plans to jumpstart its space program and achieve ambitious goals in 6G networks, spy satellites, and even lunar probes.
It uses only Korean rocket technologies, and is the country’s first domestically built space launch vehicle. South Korea’s last booster, launched in 2013 after multiple delays and several failed tests, was jointly developed with Russia.
Nuri is key to South Korean plans to eventually build a Korean satellite-based navigation system and a 6G communications network. The country also plans to launch a range of military satellites, but officials deny that the Nuri has any use as a weapon.
South Korea is also working with the United States on a lunar orbiter, and hopes to land a probe on the moon by 2030.
Space launches have long been a sensitive issue on the Korean peninsula, where North Korea faces sanctions over its nuclear-armed ballistic missile program.
In March, South Korea’s military separately oversaw what it said was its first successful launch of a solid-fuel space-launch rocket, another part of its plans to launch spy satellites.
In Nuri’s first test in October, the rocket completed its flight sequences but failed to place the test payload into orbit after its third-stage engine burned out earlier than planned.
Source: Reuters
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