March 19th News: Big Pharma Acquiring Canadian Pharmaceuticals, US Involved South China Sea, Nvidia.

Probably kneecapping myself by making this one video, but oh well.

Chapters:
0:00 Astra Zeneca
0:31 U.S. Secretary of State Blinken supports Philippines in South China Sea Dispute
0:57 Nvidia - Chinese EV
1:16 Supreme Court SB4
1:51 Canada to no longer sell arms to Israel
2:01 France probe into their nation's nuclear tests in French Polynesia
2:14 Bank of Japan increases interest rates
2:20 Former President Bolsonaro accused of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination records

Astra Zeneca acquires the Canadian cancer biotech company Fusion Pharmaceuticals. This is one of several acquisitions of radioconjugate companies by Big Pharma, and of Canadian pharmaceuticals as a whole.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken threw his support behind the Philippines as the nation's dispute with China over Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea continues, sparking concerns of wider conflict and involvement.

Nvidia said on Monday that is working with BYD, and other Chinese companies to use their in-vehicle chips

Today the Supreme Court lifted a stay on Texas SB4, allowing Texas to enforce the bill until the court of appeals takes action.

A motion introduced by the NDP (New Democratic Party), and passed by the House of Commons gave a non-binding vote for Canada to no longer sell military arms to Israel. (https://www.ourcommons.ca/members/en/votes/44/1/658)

France's GDR Party is starting a probe into the consequences of their (France's) almost 200 nuclear tests in French Polynesia between the 1960s-1990s.

Amid a recession, The Bank of Japan is raising short-term interest rates from -0.1 to 0.1

Brazil's federal police accused former President Bolsonaro of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination records.