Your daily round-up of today's news:
- The Department of Trade and Industry expects around 300,00 jobs to return as indoor dining and personal care service establishments reopen, although at low capacity, in the National Capital Region and four provinces.
- The first 15,000 does of Sputnik V have arrived in the Philippines.
- A spokesman for the Taliban warned that the militants are no longer bound by commitment not to attack international troops in Afghanistan. This is part of its bilateral agreement with the United States.
- Somalia's lower house of parliament has voted against the two year extension of the president's term.
- India launches an extensive vaccination campaign with all adults now eligible amid the surge of COVID-19 in the country.
- Hong Kong officials have been accused of discrimination after ordering all foreign domestic workers to have COVID tests. Nearly 400,000 employees have just one week to comply.
- Turkish police have arrested over 200 people for holding unauthorized May Day rallies in Istanbul.
- The Empire State Building in New York is marking its 90th anniversary.
TTFN.
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