Thursday, April 11, 2024

Let's Do The News! (April 11, 2024)

                   

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

- The Pasig City Regional Trial Court issued an arrest warrant against KJC leader Pastor Apollo Quiboloy, proving the Philippines' criminal justice system is functional.

- A magnitude 5.1 quake hits New Bataan, Davao De Oro.

- PH President Bongbong Marcos arrived in Washington DC for the trilateral meeting with the US and Japan. The government expects to raise US$ 100 billion worth of investments at the trilateral summit in the United States. PBBM held a trilateral summit to discuss leadership and foreign policy.

- The EU Parliament approved a major overhaul of migration rules, requiring countries to share responsibility for asylum seekers. The EU Asylum and Migration Pact has been in the works since 2015. It will come into force in two years.

- Gazans celebrated Eid with "only pain". In Rafah in southern Gaza, prayers were held beside the ruins of the al-Farouk mosque, destroyed in Israeli bombardments. 

- Israel confirms the killing in Gaza of three sons of the Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh.

- The Mercedes-Benz EQS saloon received a minor change for the 2025 model year.

- Chevrolet will unveil the C8 Corvette ZR1 this Summer.

- Pininfarina unveiled the Battista Reversario, a two-unit continuation of the Anniversario.

Pininfarina Battista Reversario

- Lamborghini unveiled the final edition Huracan STJ. All 10 units are sold out.

2024 Lamborghini Huracan STJ


- The first-ever Alfa Romeo Milano was unveiled. The newest compact crossover will be offered as a hybrid and fully electric vehicle.

2025 Alfa Romeo Milano

- Kia confirms the name of its first pickup truck coming in 2025. Kia's upcoming pickup truck will be officially named the Tasman and will go on sale in South Korea next year, followed by Australia, the Middle East, and worldwide.

- Jann Mardenborough, the 2011 Nissan GT Academy winner, will participate in the Silverstone 500 this April 27-28, representing Team RJN and driving the McLaren 720S GT3 Evo race car.

- The Gakuen IDOLM@STER app game casts Mao Ito as China Kuramoto.

- SM Entertainment announced strong legal action against malicious posts on singer BoA.

Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter faces federal charges, according to reports.

- Kansas City Chiefs' Rashee Rice faces 8 charges concerning high-speed crash.

- Former NBA guard Ben McLemore was arrested by U.S. Marshals and jailed in Oregon, where he faces sex crime charges stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in 2021 when he was playing for the Portland Trail Blazers.

- Pokwang's former partner, Lee O'Brian was deported by the Bureau of Immigration.

TTFN.

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