Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Let's Do The News! (August 31, 2021)

                      

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu urges lawmakers to protect the Philippines' wetlands in a bid to fight threats of climate change.

- The Department of Labor and Employment repatriates 250 distressed OFWs from Kuwait.

- PHIVOLCS continues to detect "increased unrest" at the Taal volcano.

- The United States has completed the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan.

- All national forests in the state of California will be closed due to wildfires.

- Over 10 million Afghani children are in desperate need of humanitarian aid, according to a UN official.

- Hurricane Ida inflicts "catastrophic" damage on the state of Louisiana, a day after the storm killed at least two people, stranded others in rising floodwaters, and sheared the roofs off homes.

- The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution requiring the Taliban to honor their commitment to let people freely leave Afghanistan but no "safe zone" was mentioned.

- To Your Eternity anime series to return next year for the second season.

- Action star Jason Statham to star in the thriller "The Bee Keeper".

- The entertainment industry paid tribute to the late Ed Asner, who died at the age of 91.

TTFN.

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