Friday, January 20, 2023

Let's Do The News! (January 20, 2023)

                                                                  

Your daily round-up of today's news:

Germany is expected to come under intense pressure to send tanks to Ukraine or at least allow other countries to do so at a meeting of Kyiv's allies later today.

- Peruvian president Dina Boluarte said her administration stands firm and united against anti-government protesters. She said those responsible will face the full force of the law.

- US President Joe Biden said he had no regrets over how the White House deals with his classified documents found at his former office in Washington and in his Delaware home.

- A US Federal Judge has ordered Donald Trump and his lawyers to pay almost a million dollars for filing a bogus legal claim. The judge says Trump masterminded the strategic abuse of the judicial process.

- Netflix has confirmed that it will be cracking down on account sharing "more broadly" in the coming months. The change would limit a Netflix account to users within one household, rather than shared with multiple external users.

- NASCAR drivers will be required to wear fire-resistant underwear and socks from the 2023 season onwards following safety regulation revisions.

- Actress Yoon Jung Hee passed away at the age of 78. The Korean actress passed away in Paris, France, where she has been residing with her family since her retirement. The actress was known to have been suffering from Alzheimer's disease at the time of her passing.

- Folk rock legend David Crosby dies at the age of 81.

- Actor Alec Baldwin will be charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on a film set when he fired a prop gun. Baldwin accidentally killed Hutchins while on the set of a Western movie Rust in October 2021.

TTFN.

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