- The Philippine government is expected to adopt its Miss Universe Catriona Gray-inspired roadmap to attain "A" credit rating by 2022. After the country earned a credit rating upgrade from Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo said the government must perform its own “Catriona swirl” that will highlights the country’s sustained economic reforms to secure a higher credit rating.
- The Department of Justice has vowed to look into the latest matrix presented by Malacanang which showed that members of the opposition have been conspiring with other groups to discredit the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte and boost the chances of opposition bets in the May 13 polls.
- At least 162,000 kilograms of wastes coming from Manila Bay have been collected in Pasig River during a nine-day clean-up drive.
- Iran has decided to suspend some of its commitments under a landmark 2015 nuclear deal with major powers abandoned by Washington last year, the foreign ministry announced.
- Five were killed when a blast occurred at one of Pakistan's oldest and most popular Sufi shrines as the country marks the fasting month of Ramadan.
- Months before evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr.’s game-changing presidential endorsement of Donald Trump in 2016, Falwell asked Trump fixer Michael Cohen for a personal favor, according to reports. Falwell, president of Liberty University, one of the world’s largest Christian universities, said someone had come into possession of what Cohen described as racy “personal” photographs — the sort that would typically be kept “between husband and wife,” Cohen said in the taped conversation.
- Peru’s public prosecutor indicted former president Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia for allegedly laundering assets, as part of the wide-ranging Odebrecht corruption scandal.
- A car ploughed into a group of kindergarten children in Japan's Shiga region, killing two toddlers and hurt others. Police said the car veered onto the pavement after making “contact” with another larger vehicle that was turning at a junction in Otsu City.
- Porsche will pay a 535 million euro fine as punishment for lapses in supervisory duties which allowed them to cheat diesel emissions tests.
- The Honda Civic Type R became the fastest FWD car to lap Mount Panorama in 2:35.207 with Jenson Button behind the wheel.
- McLaren's newest grand tourer is named the McLaren GT and it's set for May 15 unveiling.
- The producer of Uma Musume has left the franchise and Cygames.
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