Your daily round-up of today's news...
- One of the "strongest" meteor showers of the year will showcase lights from up to 120 meteor showers per hour under a "clear, dark, and moonless" sky, according to PAGASA. The Quadrantid meteor shower, an annual "major" meteor shower observed beginning on December 12, will continue until January 12.
- Philippine President Bongbong Marcos assures the country's "high-level political commitment" to exit from the Financial Action Task Force's grey list. Marcos made the statement as he reiterated his directive to concerned government agencies to comply with international anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing standards so the country can finally exit from its FATF status, which put the Philippines into an "increased monitoring" by the FATF.
- 30 people were reportedly killed when a magnitude 7.6 quake hit Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture on New Year's Day, as of now. Efforts are ongoing to assess the extent of the earthquake's damage that destroyed several houses and facilities in the area.
- The Israeli Supreme Court annulled the controversial judicial reforms that triggered nationwide protests last year against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
- The teenager who was stabbed to death in north London on New Year's Eve was named by police as Harry Pitman. A 16-year-old boy was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and taken into custody.
- Actress Lee Naeun denies dating rumors with Paris Saint-Germain's Lee Kang-in.
- Soulful jazz legend Les McCann dies at the age of 88. McCann released more than 60 albums but was arguably best known for his 1969 Montreaux Jazz Festival performance of the protest song "Compared to What."
- Boy band Green Day bashed "MAGA Agenda" during their "American Idiot" performance on the New Year's Eve event. The tweak has generated backlash from Trump supporters on social media.
TTFN.
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