News Burst 25 October 2019

The Brexit Saga

• UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he will call for Parliament to vote to hold fresh elections on Dec 12.
• Mounting opposition threatens to defeat Johnson’s early vote motion.

• 10,000 acres continue to burn uncontrollably in California, 1,700 people are under mandatory evacuation.
• 39 victims found dead in truck in Essex, UK, were Chinese nationals.
• Documents are ready for the return to Russia of 32 children who are staying in Iraqi prisons with their parents.
• VP Pence accused China of curtailing “rights and liberties” in Hong Kong in a wide-ranging critique of Beijing’s behavior.
• Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft completed the switch from the U.S. dollar to euros in its export contracts.

• Boeing backlash begins: Spirit Airlines orders 100 new Airbus planes.
• Scientist publisher a how-to guide for finding wormholes, a theoretical structure that provides passage between different areas of spacetime.
• US Air Force’s A-10 Ground Attack aircraft get surround sound cockpits.
• Trump canceled subscriptions to the Washington Post and The New York Times across all federal agencies.
• “Brink Of Collapse”: Hong Kong businesses struggle to survive amid violent protests.
• 90 Beluga Whales and 11 Orcas captured with violations and for sale to China were in the Srednyaya Bay, Primorsky Region, Russia, since the summer of 2018. Last batch of 50 Beluga will be released next week.

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