Thursday, February 1, 2024

Let's Do The News! (February 1, 2024)

                                                                   

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

- Senator Imee Marcos told her brother, PH President Bongbong Marcos, to hold his ground and end the uproar surrounding the people’s initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution.

- RPTV, the newest channel operated by MediaQuest, was launched after yesterday's CNN Philippines shutdown. The new channel airs TV5's Eat Bulaga, Gud Morning Kapatid, live telecasts of PBA and PVL, and others.

- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced tough questions at a US Senate hearing on his efforts to combat online child sexual exploitation as Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican, told Zuckerberg that he has "blood on his hands".

- The International Court of Justice found Russia had violated some parts of a UN anti-terror treaty by not investigating financial support for separatist groups in eastern Ukraine ten years ago.

- The federal judge voided California's gun control laws that require background checks to buy ammunition.

- A US judge dismisses Disney's lawsuit accusing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis of retaliation.

- The United Kingdom has unveiled its DUP deal to restore the Northern Ireland government.

- The UN says eighteen million people in Sudan are facing an acute hunger crisis, with almost eight million displaced since the war between rival military factions began.

- Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi were each sentenced to 14 years in jail in a graft case, coming just a day after he was given 10 years in prison in a separate case for leaking state secrets.

- Lewis Hamilton is set for a shock switch to Ferrari in the F1 2025 season as the replacement for Carlos Sainz, according to reports.

- PlayStation's State of Play live stream revealed a new Sonic X Shadow Generations game, free-to-play Silent Hill: The Short Message game, Death Stranding 2 coming 2025, and more.

- Game developer CraftEgg will be officially dissolved as parent company CyberAgent will absorb the said game developer this April 1st.

- The Seattle Seahawks named Mike Macdonald as its new head coach.

- Actor Monsour del Rosario will star in his first action movie after six years. He will star alongside Pauline Lopez and Brandon Vera in the movie Battle Ready.

TTFN.

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