G7 Summit, Titanic Disappearing & Android Changes - Friday, August 23rd, 2019
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 23 August 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
The news to know for Friday, August 23rd, 2019!
What to know today about a meeting between world leaders this weekend and which issue one of them is calling an "international crisis."
Plus: new efforts in every state to fight robocalls, the Titanic is literally disappearing underwater, and a new logo and name for Android.
Those stories and many more in less than 10 minutes!
Award-winning broadcast journalist and former TV news reporter Erica Mandy breaks it all down for you.
Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com to read more about any of the stories mentioned under the section titled 'Episodes' or see sources below...
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Read more:
Amazon Fires: The Washington Post, BBC, AP, Twitter, Instagram Post
Robocall Pledge: TechCrunch, WSJ
Sanders + Fox News: Fox News, NYT
Giraffe Trade Regulations: AP, BBC, The Hill
College Football Starts: Sports Illustrated, CBS Sports
US Open: ESPN
DoorDash Tipping Policy: The Verge, NYT
Android OS & Logo: The Verge, Cnet
Titanic Decaying: National Geographic, USA Today, Newsweek
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, August 23rd. |
| 0:02.2 | What to know today about a meeting between world leaders this weekend and which issue one of them is calling an international crisis. |
| 0:08.8 | Plus new efforts in every state to fight robocalls. |
| 0:11.6 | DoorDash changes its tipping policy, and what to expect next |
| 0:15.3 | from both Androids and iPhones. |
| 0:17.0 | Welcome, welcome to the newsworthy. |
| 0:22.3 | All the days news in less than 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. You ready? Let's do this. The group of 7 or G7 summit starts this weekend in France. |
| 0:39.0 | It's when leaders of 7 of the world's major economic powers get together. |
| 0:43.4 | We're talking about the leaders from the US, as well as Britain, Canada, France, Germany, |
| 0:47.8 | Italy, and Japan. |
| 0:49.4 | And there are a couple of things I want to mention about this so far. |
| 0:53.0 | First, CNBC says this will be the first G7 since these meetings started 44 years ago |
| 0:58.1 | that will end without any sort of joint agreement or statement. |
| 1:01.9 | In other words, some of the world's largest economies |
| 1:04.2 | that typically stand together on issues |
| 1:06.3 | are not really getting along. |
| 1:07.9 | French President Emmanuel Macron pointed to President Trump |
| 1:10.6 | taking the US out of the Paris Climate Agreement and refusing to sign |
| 1:14.0 | the final joint statement at the G7 summit last year. Also of note, Macron, who will |
| 1:19.5 | be hosting this year's G7 in France, is calling for the G7 leaders to make the fires |
| 1:24.2 | burning in the Amazon rainforest that we mentioned yesterday a top priority to |
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