- Senator Panfilo M. Lacson urged Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to use his veto power to cuy out the pork barrel from the proposed 2019 3.757 trillion peso national budget. Lacson said the Chief Executive could delete the pork barrel allocations from the budget using his line-item veto power.
- Opposition Senator Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV called on fellow lawmakers to allocate sufficient funds for the full implementation of the Bangsamoro Organic Law to ensure the fulfillment of its mandate to bring peace and order in Mindanao.
- The International Union for Conservation of Nature has been accused of economic sabotage for listing Sardinella Tawilis, the only freshwater sardine in the world, as an endangered species, stakeholders said. “It is not true that Tawilis is an endangered species. It is baseless and it is causing economic sabotage and social injustice among the Filipino people,” the group said.
- Two dead in Australia's flood-ravaged northeast as continuing heavy rain prompted authorities to warn of further flash flooding in the hours ahead. Prime Minister Scott Morrison toured the region where “once-in-a-century” floods have inundated thousands of homes and closed airports and schools, leaving cars and houses submerged.
- Seven people were killed from an apartment fire in an apartment building in Paris, France.
- Afghan officials say 21 people have been killed in the latest Taliban attacks in the country, including 11 policemen who were slain when the insurgents stormed a checkpoint in northern Baghlan province.
- Pope Francis ministered to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with the first-ever papal Mass here.
- Energy Absolute has announced that it – and its subsidiary companies – will be implementing three EV-related projects in the Kingdom following the granting of a series of incentives from Thailand’s Board of Investment last year.
- Voice actor Vic Mignogna is sacked from the RWBY cast following reports of his sexual allegations.
- UltraViolet will shut down their digital media platform service at the end of July.
- Momoiro Clover Z idols will guest star in an upcoming Layton Mystery Tanteisha anime episode.
- 1993 Miss Universe and former TV personality Dayanara Torres is diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer. The Puerto Rican beauty queen said she was diagnosed with melanoma from a new, uneven mole on the back of her knee that she neglected. She said it had already spread from her knee to the top of her leg.
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