- Lawyers of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno ask to cross-examine "resource persons" in impeachment raps at coming hearings. The camp stressed: “Those persons would be full-fledged witnesses, who would be examined by a proponent, and cross-examined by an opponent.”
- Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano says that the Philippines is open for independent investigation over the Duterte administration's bloody war on drugs.
- Vice President Leni Robredo denies her affiliation with the new cause-oriented group Tindig Pilipinas despite attending a mass organized by a group. Robredo, along with former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and other Liberal Party members attended a mass for victims of martial law and of extrajudicial killings on the 45th anniversary of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos' Proclamation 1081 declaring martial law across the Philippines in 1972.
- The State of Palestine is now part of the Interpol, a move opposed by Israel, in a vote at the international police organisation’s general assembly in Beijing, Israel had contended that Palestine is not a state and that it is ineligible for Interpol membership. Under interim Israeli-Palestinian peace deals, a Palestinian Authority was granted limited self-rule in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- Myanmar's government will manage the rehabilitation of villagers torched during the violence in Rakhine state that has sent nearly half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, according to the minister.
- The new Porsche 911 GT2 RS lapped the Nurburgring in 6:47.3, making it the fastest production car to lap the Nurburgring.
- Lewis Hamilton commented on the Malaysian GP's departure on next year's season, saying that F1 will lose "one of the toughest" races in history. The announcement that Malaysia will no longer host Formula 1 races from next year onwards was confirmed by prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who cited poor returns for the country relative for the financial outlay incurred in the hosting of the events.
- Makoto Shinkai's your name. film will have a live-action Hollywood adaptation with Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot producing it and Eric Heisserer responsible for the script, according to reports.
- Before Touken Ranbu Hanamaru returns for the second series this January, there will be a compilation film coming this December, just for a catch-up with the softer side of Touken Ranbu.
- Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner passed away at the age of 91.
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