Monday, August 7

Contents:

1. Barbie Movie Tops $1 Billion in Global Box Office

2. Typhoon Khanun Strikes Again, Takes Aim At Korean Peninsula

3. Upcoming Events

4. Quote/Word of the Day

The Barbie movie has officially topped $1 billion in the global box office, smashing the record for the highest-grossing movie with a female director (Greta Gerwig). It has also surpassed Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 3 ($845 million) to take the place for second-highest grossing movie of 2023, after The Super Mario Bros. Movie - which made a whopping $1.35 billion in the global box office. It has also shot past the movie that was largely boosted by Barbie- Oppenheimer. The movie, which talks about the creation of the first atomic bomb, still made $500 million, making it the highest-grossing movie ever about World War II.

On another note, Typhoon Khanun is still causing a ruckus in the East China Sea, after aiming toward Taiwan and eventually China. However, a change in weather patterns occurred, and the storm doubled back after brushing Taiwan, taking aim once again at Japan's Okinawa prefecture. The islands were hit by Khanun at full force last week, and were hit again a few days later after it came back. It is now turning north and aiming at southern Japan. First, it was expected to fizzle out there. It's not. The typhoon will restrengthen in the Yellow Sea, and then hit South Korea. The coastal city of Busan is expected to take the biggest hit, but other inland cities such as Daegu and Gwangju could also be impacted. The storm will weaken, but it will go on to hit South Korea's capital, Seoul, and move into North Korea and maybe even northeastern China. However, South Korea needs the rain. A heatwave has been keeping the country dry and arid for the past few weeks, and the rain will bring some much-needed relief. It could bring flooding and high winds, though, which is also a threat.

Upcoming Events:

• International Cat Day (Tuesday, August 8)

• International Day of the World's Indigenous People (Wednesday, August 9)

• World Lion Day (Thursday, August 10)

• International Youth Day & World Elephant Day (Saturday, August 12)

Quote of the Day: Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together. (Eugene Ionesco)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Debonair- Debonair describes someone who may, by definition, also be called fashionable, attractive, and confident.