Thursday, May 9, 2024

Let's Do The News! (May 9, 2024)

                                         

Your daily round-up of today's news...

- The Philippines and Canada are elevating their bilateral relations amidst the celebration of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.

- An airplane carrying 61 OFWs from Israel has arrived at NAIA. According to the Department of Migrant Workers, this is the biggest delegation of repatriated Filipinos from Israel.

- US President Joe Biden warned Israel that it will stop shipping weapons to them if it invades Rafah.

- Dover Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to the Labour Party and attacked the UK government's "broken promises".

- Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi announced his resignation at the next election. Mr. Zahawi was sacked as Tory Party chairman in January last year after an inquiry found he had failed to disclose that HMRC was investigating his tax affairs.

- The Lexus LM 500h minivan received a 6-seater Version L variant.

Lexus LM 500h 6-seater

- The third-generation Honda Freed was unveiled. Set to go on sale this June, it comes with two versions; Air and Crosstar. Both will be powered by the e:HEV hybrid powertrain and have an optional 4WD.

2025 Honda Freed
2025 Honda Freed

- Nintendo announced its ending integration for X (formerly Twitter) and social media integrations from within the Nintendo Switch friend suggestion feature effective June 10th, 2024. It also plans to end Facebook integration at a later date.

- Bandai Namco announced the May 16 release of the Gakuen IDOLM@STER app game.

- Starship Entertainment ensures safety measures for IVE member Jang Won Young amid security issues.

- Netflix's original survival game series Zombieverse's second season casts Taeyeon, Yook Sungjae, Kwon Eun Bi, Jo Se Ho, and others.

- Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara agreed to plead guilty to bank and tax fraud.

TTFN.

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