Lorena Cesarini News Today

• The year of the Tiger: The Chinese New Year (a.k.a. the Lunar New Year) is one of the most important holidays among East and Southeast Asian cultures. Festivities will last for two weeks, with family reunions, street parades and visits to shrines to celebrate the start of the Year of the Tiger. • ...


	

	Even though he has been in jail for over a year, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is still being targeted by the Russian government. The latest crackdown is attempting to scrub him from the internet. Citing anti-terrorism laws, the federal regulator for the internet is demanding all Rus...

Surgeons at Singapore’s National University Heart Centre, have developed a new tiny and ultra flexible camera for invasive heart surgeries — a miniature invention that promises to reduce pain, scarring and recovery time.


	

	The Olympics have often been sprinkled with politics, but this year’s Beijing Winter Games arrive with both major geopolitical implications and the continued impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many global leaders have even taken the unprecedented step of boycotting the event to protest the host ...

What do you remember from the news this week? 1. Who saw a drop in their personal fortune equivalent to the annual GDP of Estonia?2. The Winter Games Olympic torch relay, which four years ago lasted 101 days, was reduced to how many days this year in Beijing? 3. David Attenborough, Sviatlana Tsikhan...

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February 5-6China’s Olympics of the absurdThe healthcare sector burn outMother of all sushi rolls… and much more!News quiz answers:1. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost $31 billion in net worth on Thursday, as Meta stocks marked a record one-day plunge driven by weak earnings and decline in users.2. ...

Italian actress Lorena Cesarini hit out against racists with a powerful monologue on the stage of Italys Sanremo Music Festival, which she was co-hosting.