- A new potential tropical depression has entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility on Thursday night. To be called Egay, PAGASA issued Friday morning the new low pressure area was spotted 960 kilometers east of Guiuan, Eastern Samar.
- Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte Carpio is qualified to run for president and may “rise to the challenge” if there will be public clamor for her to run, according to a Palace official.
- The Philippine Air Force is ready to take over the security measures at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport if directed by the Duterte administration. It came after President Rodrigo Duterte warned that he will have the air force take over NAIA if security won't improve.
- An association of Filipino-Chinese businessmen has donated a total of 1.45 million Philippine Pesos to Filipino fishermen whose boat was rammed by a Chinese vessel in the Reed (Recto) Bank in the West Philippine Sea.
- In the second night of the Democratic Debate, ten of the top Democratic candidates for president, including Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris, just walked off the stage, concluding the first two 2020 Democratic debates.
- The SCOTUS ruled in favor of partisan gerrymandering but ruled against the controversial addition of the citizenship question in the 2020 Census.
- The European Union says Sri Lanka's plan to resume executions would directly contradict the country's commitment to maintain a 43-year moratorium on death penalty at the UN General Assembly last year.
- Iran is on course to breach a threshold in its nuclear agreement within days by accumulating more enriched uranium than permitted, although it had not done so yet by a deadline it set for Thursday, diplomats said, citing UN inspectors’ data.
- World leaders kicked off one of their most high-stakes G20 meetings in years today, with rows brewing over a bruising US-China trade war and climate change despite a more conciliatory tone from US President Donald Trump.
- Apple reportedly acquired Drive.ai as the tech giant continues to scoop up autonomous vehicle expertise for the development of its own self-driving car.
- The Dodge Charger gains new Widebody variants of the Scat Pack and the SRT Hellcat.
- Mighty Sports Philippines added former PBA imports Renaldo Balkman, Eugene Phelps, and Hamady N'Diaye to their 12-man roster for the Jones Cup in Taiwan.
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