News From Around The World
31. "It's been 35 years since Jamaica made its Winter Olympic debut in bobsled at the 1988
Games in Calgary, an unlikely appearance which was later immortalized in the Disney
feature film, ""Cool Running."""
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/18/sport/cool-runnings-tal-stokes-jamaica-winter-olympics-intl-spt/index.html
2. "The iPhone 14 is officially here, and the story is more of the same.
Apple’s latest smartphone is both the best new iPhone for most
people ready to upgrade, and a pretty iterative improvement that
owners of last year’s model can skip. But if you fall into the former
camp, you’ll find a lot to love here."
https://www.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/reviews/iphone-14?iid=Underscored5Things092222&utm_term=16638433709116e16de2334dc&utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Thursday%2C+September+22%2C+2022&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=uI8bspsQjdwiaYixi37fZ7epI%2BDqZr5iNrdGDMdtrbH%2FddcBzOinVf5uYxWWUQLU&bt_ts=1663843370913
3. "Located at the Southwestern tip of the Indian Ocean you will find a fascinating illusion, caused by the trails of sand on the sea floor being dragged away by water going between the opening in the reefs (La Passe). When viewed from above, the runoff of sand and silt deposits creates the incredibly spectacular impression of an ‘underwater waterfall’"
https://greenstories.co.in/the-incredible-underwater-waterfall-of-mauritius/
4. "Andrew Dominik’s fictionalised biopic of the tragic movie star
doesn’t just fail Marilyn Monroe herself, writes Amanda Whiting, but its use of a talking foetus begging not to be aborted – yes, really – sinks the film into new depths of invasiveness"
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/blonde-netflix-ana-de-armas-marilyn-monroe-vagina-b2173541.html
5. The historic streak of falling US gas prices is over, which ends 98 consecutive days of falling pump prices, the second-longest such streak on record going back to 2005.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/energy/gas-prices-rise/index.html?utm_term=16638433709116e16de2334dc&utm_source=cnn_Five+Things+for+Thursday%2C+September+22%2C+2022&utm_medium=email&bt_ee=uI8bspsQjdwiaYixi37fZ7epI%2BDqZr5iNrdGDMdtrbH%2FddcBzOinVf5uYxWWUQLU&bt_ts=1663843370913