- PAGASA said that the weak El Niño that brought significant impact on the rainfall pattern and tropical cyclone activity since the last quarter of 2018 has officially ended.
- Senate President Vicente Sotto III pushes bill that would allow plea bargaining for small-time drug offenders. Sotto said his Senate Bill No. 492 seeks to amend Section 23 of the Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (R.A. 9165) which prohibits drug offenders from availing themselves of such an arrangement regardless of the penalty.
- Janet Lim Napoles made a plea once again before the Sandiganbayan to grant her demurrer to evidence and dismiss her plunder charge for insufficiency of evidence.
- The National Police Commission recently spearheaded a two-day National Summit on Crime Prevention at the Manila Hotel in an effort to address the Philippines' criminality and corruption woes.
- US President Donald Trump appeared to link a trade deal with Beijing to the "humane" resolution of a standoff with Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters while seeming to suggest a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
- Neophyte Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed "deep remorse over its nation's role in World War II in his first appearance at the annual ceremony marking the end of the hostilities.
- Twenty years passed after a powerful earthquake struck northwest of Turkey, people in Istanbul live with the knowledge that the "Big One" is unavoidable and they're not prepared. On Saturday, Turkey will mark the anniversary of the 7.4 magnitude quake that hit Izmit on August 17, 1999, killing at least 17,400 people, including 1,000 within the economic capital of the country.
- The Ford Ranger adds the FX2 Package for the 2020 model year.
- McLaren will present a MSO-tailored McLaren GT at this week's Monterey Car Week.
- EA and Ghost Games announced NFS Heat, which will arrive on the PS4, PC, and Xbox One this November 8th.
- Attorneys representing lawyer Michael Avenatti filed a court motion that alleges that a Nike employee at least approved under-the-table payments to former Duke star Zion Williamson and ex-Indiana star Romeo Langford when they were still in high school in February 2017.
- Alibaba co-founder Joseph Tsai is nearing towards a deal for full ownership of the Brooklyn Nets.
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