Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Let's Do The News! (June 4, 2024)

 

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

- PHIVOLCS has raised the alert level for the Kanlaon volcano eruption to Alert Level 2 following a 5000-meter tall plume. Some residents have returned home as the volcano calms down.

- The AFP is reasserting its strengthening needs following China's harassment at the West Philippine Sea.

- Singer-politician Imelda Papin was named by the PBBM administration as the acting member of the PCSO Board of Directors.

- Nigel Farage says he will stand for election in Clacton, days after ruling himself out. Farage confirms that he will become the leader of the Reform UK party.

- India's ruling BJP is leading in over 300 seats while opposition parties are ahead by almost 200, early projections show.

- Instagram began testing unskippable ad breaks, which require viewers to wait for a brief period before scrolling again.

- Spotify raised its Premium subscription monthly fee to 11.99 USD.

- BMW is teasing the F70 1-Series hatchback coming soon.

- Toyota stop sales of the Corolla and Yaris Cross models over crash test discrepancies. Mazda also confirms anomalies in five tests, affecting over 150K models of 2, 3, 6, and the Roadster RF.

- Lola Cars will compete in the GEN3 Evo era of Formula E next year and commit to GEN4 through 2030.

- The Ryu Ga Gotoku video game series is getting a live-action TV series coming to Prime Video this October, starring Ryoma Takeuchi.

- The TV series Voltes V Legacy is getting a film version in Japan with new scenes.

- iKON member Bobby begins his mandatory military service.

- Tucuputa Marcano faces a lifetime ban for betting on baseball after the MLB received info that he waged on games involving the Pittsburgh Pirates while he was on the team last season.

TTFN.

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