Wednesday, October 18, 2023

Let's Do The News! (October 18, 2023)

      

Your daily round-up of today's news...

- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos has suspended the implementation of the implementing rules and regulations of the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund "pending further study."

- The National Privacy Commission and the Department of Information and Communications Technology have forged a partnership for the Digital Security and Privacy Quick Response Project. The main objective of the project is to implement a "complaints handling system" that will quickly address privacy violations and concerns.

- Trump-backed Republican Jim Jordan fails the first round of voting, leaving the US House of Representatives without a speaker following Kevin McCarthy's ousting.

- Israel denies launching an airstrike in Gaza that killed over 500 people, saying a failed militant rocket to blame for the blast.

- Elon Musk rolled out a new subscription plan to charge new X users to post content on the platform. The social network company wrote on its website that it started testing “Not A Bot” Tuesday in two countries, New Zealand and the Philippines.

- The F1 Academy 2024 season calendar was unveiled. The seven-venue season will kick off in Saudi Arabia this March 7-9 while the season finale will be in Abu Dhabi this December 6-8.

- South Korea's Superrace signed an agreement with the SRO Motorsports Group to host GT4-class races in the country for the 2024 season.

- NFL's Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, golfer Rory McIlroy, boxer Anthony Joshua, and soccer veterans Trent Alexander-Arnold and Juan Mata announced their investment in the Alpine F1 team.

- The all-new Citroen e-C3 was unveiled, making it the first Citroen production car to don the new logo. Its all-electric powertrain promises 320km of driving range in one full charge.

2024 Citroen e-C3
2024 Citroen e-C3

- Seiyuu Nichika Omori announced her marriage to music producer Yunomi.

- Netflix previewed upcoming titles such as the Squid Game-based reality game show, the Ultraman: Rising movie, the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series, the Scott Pilgrim anime series, and others. Full info will be revealed at the Netflix Geeked Week presentation this November.

- SM Entertainment shares an update on the health of NCT member Taeil.

- Actress Michelle Yeoh became a member of the International Olympic Committee.

TTFN.

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