- Department of Interior and Local Government Secretary Eduardo Año reminded law enforcement authorities to strictly “follow the rule of law” in the conduct of their respective illegal drug operations.
- Tropical Depression Perla has now intensified into a storm while hardly moving near Northern Luzon, according to PAGASA.
- There are now 7,641 islands in the Philippines according to the Philippine Geomatics Symposium.
- Senator Imee Marcos calls on the Duterte administration to stop importing rice to the Philippines.
- Despite widespread criticism of its poor human rights record, Venezuela gained a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council. A UN General Assembly meeting in Geneva saw the Latin American country elected to one of 14 new seats on the 47-member body.
- Heavily armed fighters surrounded security forces in a Mexican city and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons, after his capture triggered gunbattles and a prison break that sent civilians scurrying for cover.
- Hong Kong braces for weekend of fresh anti-government protests.
- The Trump administration confirms the departure of Energy Secretary Rick Perry, who has been caught up in the impeachment probe engulfing the US President.
- EU negotiator Michel Barnier says he will lead post-Brexit UK-EU talks.
- Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg defended the huge social network’s policy of refraining from fact-checking politicians, saying it’s not the job of tech firms to “censor.”
- The Audi A8L gained a new 60 TGSI e quattro PHEV with a 3.0L V6 TFSi engine and an electric motor producing 460PS of power while delivering 2.5L/100km of fuel economy.
- NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that the league is already dealing with "fairly dramatic" financial consequences from Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's support of Hong Kong's anti-government protesters.
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