Thursday, April 13, 2023

Let's Do The News (April 13, 2023)

                                         

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- The Manila Public Information Office has announced that the Manila Health Department made the second booster of COVID-19 vaccines available to the general population ages 18 years and above.

- Amang has been weakened into a low-pressure area as it made landfall in parts of Luzon, according to PAGASA.

- The Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court has released a warrant of arrest against former BuCor Chief Gerald Bantag and former security deputy Ricardo Zulueta over the slaying of the middleman of the murder of journalist Percy Lapid.

- Germany is set to close the last three nuclear plants this weekend. The last three nuclear plants set for closure will be the Neckarwestheim near Stuttgart, Isar 2 complex at Bavaria, and the Emsland plant.

- According to the leaked US classified documents, Washington believes that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is too willing to accommodate Russian interests.

- Prince Harry is set to attend next month's coronation of King Charles without his wife Meghan Markle.

- US President Joe Biden, known for his Irish ancestry, continues his visit to Ireland, moments after Northern Ireland celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement, a deal that ended three decades of violence that killed thousands.

- A recent study reveals cancer's infinite ability to evolve, making a chance of a universal cure unlikely.

- Fashion label Dior faces backlash from China following an advert of its eye shadow range posted on its Instagram criticized for promoting a "derogatory and racist stereotype of Asians".

- Toyota is set to launch other Crown models after last year's Crossover model. The Sport crossover will be launched later this summer followed by the Sedan this autumn and the Estate crossover this 2024.

- The Assassination Classroom manga got removed in school libraries across the US states of Florida and Wisconsin after receiving separate complaints. The manga is about a class of middle school students in their failed attempts to kill their homeroom teacher who is actually an alien set to destroy the world at the end of the school year.

- BIGHIT MUSIC briefly responds to reports of BTS member J-Hope's military enlistment date.

- In Game 2 of the PBA Governors' Cup Finals, the TNT Tropang Giga leveled the score at 1-all after defeating Ginebra at the score of 95-82.

- Prime Video's original series A League of Their Own ends after four episodes.

TTFN.

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