let's turn to your other need to know headlines this
morning. Well, Sam Beckman freed was back in
a bohemian court on monday and has agreed voluntarily to
be extradited from the Bahamas to face charges in the
U. S. Federal prosecutors in new york say
bank man freed stolen billions in FT X. Customer
deposits to plug losses from his crypto hedge fund.
Alameda research. Now they accused bank man freed of
misleading lenders and investors conspiring to launder money and violating
U. S. Campaign finance laws. Now Bank
Manfred's legal team is preparing the necessary legal documents and
said the bank man freed is expected to return to
court this week. Let's stick in the courtroom here
. Um after a month long trial and nine days
of deliberations. A Los Angeles jury has found Harvey
Weinstein guilty of rape, excuse me and sexual assault
of one woman back in 2013. However, Shannon
, you might have to take this one for all
right. However, the jury was unable to reach
a decision on a court involving two accusers. With
a mistrial was declared on those accounts. Now Weinstein
is two years into the 23 year sentence for rape
and sexual assault conviction in New York and is under
appeal. Now this could get to up to 24
years in prison and calif when he is sentenced and
china reported its first two covid related deaths since december
3rd on monday, but there is doubt however,
that the official count is not being told is not
truthful, at least not the full extent could spread
since the government relaxed strict anti virus controls. Now
, some estimates say that the death toll could rise
more than one million. And health experts have said
that china may pay the price for taking strict measures
to shield the population that now lacks natural immunity to
covid 19 and has low vaccination rates among the elderly
china is no longer requiring mass testing and not reporting
those who test positive without symptoms. All right.
Meanwhile, negotiators reached a historic deal at U.
N. Cop 15 summit, a biodiversity conference.
It's the most significant effort to protect the world's land
and Oceans and also provide funding to save biodiversity in
the developing world. This will call for restoring 30%
of land and water considered important for biodiversity and it
needs to be conserved by 2030. Currently, 17%
of land and 10% of sea areas are protected.
It also calls for more efforts to conserve threatened species
, minimize the impacts of climate change, but also
reduce pollution as well. Well, here's an early
Christmas present gas gas prices have dropped up to their
lowest since july of 2021. Now the national average
was$3.14 on monday according to triple A. And
prices spiked earlier this year after Russia invaded Ukraine.
The national average topped out at an all time record
of$5.02 nationwide. That's per gallon in june analysts
at gasbuddy say that the average could drop below$3
a gallon by christmas by christmas, fingers are crossed
. Yes, that's amazing news.