Your daily round-up of today's news:
- A magnitude 4.8 quake struck San Francisco, Surigao Del Norte early morning.
- Senator Robin Padilla has stepped down as executive vice president of the PDP-Laban to focus on his duties as a lawmaker but said he will remain a member of the party.
- Super Typhoon Betty is expected to leave the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Friday, according to PAGASA.
- The US Congress is racing against time to pass the US Debt Crisis bill made by the Biden administration and Republican leaders in order to avoid a catastrophic default by the June 5 deadline set by the US Treasury.
- Kemal Kilicdaroglu is facing pressure following his defeat to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Sunday's elections.
- Uganda has signed its harshest anti-LGBT laws which include the death penalty for "aggravated homosexuality" which includes sex with a minor, having sex while HIV positive, and incest. It also criminalizes sex education for the gay community and made it illegal not to expose so-called perpetrators of aggravated homosexuality to the police.
- Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai lost his bid to terminate the national security trial.
- The HSBC is renaming the British arm of the now-defunct Silicon Valley Bank next month, according to reports.
- MINI unveiled a special Uncharted Edition of the Countryman Cooper S ALL4 variant featuring a special two-tone paint.
2023 MINI Countryman Cooper S ALL4 Uncharted Edition |
- Tennis player Sloane Stephens warns that racist abuse of athletes has "only gotten worse".
- Actor Johnny Depp has fractured his ankle.
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