- Health Secretary Francisco Duque III dismissed Senator Ping Lacson’s call for his resignation and affirmed that he had no idea about the former’s allegations linking him to the PhilHealth dialysis mess.
- The Department of Justice is set to resume next week the conduct of its preliminary investigation over the third batch of complaints concerning the deaths of 13 persons who received shots of the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia.
- The Philippine government has given the United Nations an update about the war on drugs in the past three years, saying that 5,489, and not 27,000, were killed while more than 1.3 million have surrendered to authorities.
-Hong Kong protesters attempt to storm the government headquarters as anti-Beijing protesters block key streets as anniversary of 1997 transition coincides with anger about controversial extradition law.
- 53 people were hurt as powerful car bomb rattled Kabul, Afghanistan and gunmen battled special forces in an area housing military and government buildings, officials said.
- New Zealand officially banned single-use plastic shopping bags, introducing hefty fines for businesses that continue to provide them.
- Japan has resumed commercial whaling after 31 years, meeting a long-cherished goal of traditionalists that’s seen as a largely lost cause.
- Ford's European operations faces restructuring and will axe 12,000 jobs by the end of 2020.
- An HKS-tuned Toyota GR Supra will appear at this month's Goodwood Festival of Speed.
- Rider Carlin Dunne was killed during his record attempt at the recent Pikes Peak Hill Climb. In that event, the #49 Wolf TSC-Honda machine, driven by Robin Shute, set this year's fastest lap time of 9:12.476.
- The next season of Attack of Titan, coming this Fall 2020, will be the final season as announced at the 3rd season finale.
- Korean singer/actor Alexander "Xander" Lee is graduating from Korea University.
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