Todays's News 24/06/2020

Just Talking English

Just Talking English News Hello, this is the World News Podcast from Just Talking English, listen to the most important news, while learning and training English. I'm Edward Jr and for today, these are our main stories. CORONAVIRUS: Brazil has become the second country, after the US, to register more than 50.000 deaths from Covid-19 and 1 million people infected, a big tragedy for brazilians. Worldwide there are more than 9 million people infected and 450 000 deaths. TENSION BETWEEN US AND CHINA BRINGS UNCERTAINTY IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY: This week, President Trump applied new sanctions against China and, in an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Trump said he believed China may have encouraged the spread of the virus as a way to destabilize global economies. China has denied all of these disrespectful accusations. AFTER QUEIROZ'S ARREST, MORO GROWS IN POPULARITY WHILE BOLSONARO FALLS: Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro, has decreased in popularity after Queiroz's arrest, and sees his former justice minister, Serio Moro, rise in popularity. The former minister left the government in April and began to criticize Bolsonaro for his controversial decisions. RETHINKING: POPE FRANCIS SAID THAT THIS CORONAVIRUS CRISIS IS AFFECTING ALL OF US, RICH AND POOR: He said “Every crisis contains both danger and opportunity. Today I believe we have to slow down our rate of production and consumption and to learn to understand and contemplate the natural world. We need to reconnect with our real surroundings. This is the opportunity for conversion”. THERE MAY BE 36 OTHER INTELLIGENT CIVILIZATIONS IN OUR GALAXY: New studies by scientists have shown that our galaxy, Milky Way, may have 36 intelligent civilizations, waiting to be contacted. The problem would be the enormous distance between the stars. And that was all for us for now, you can read the transcript of this podcast on the Just Talking English website. I'm Edward Jr, until next time, goodbye.