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7 hours ago

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority monitors several flooded areas on Thursday afternoon due to heavy downpour. Here are the flood updates from the topic authority: As of 5:11 p.m., at Andrew Ave. Tramo intersection. Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles. As of 5:13 p.m., at Bonifacio Drive corner 25th St. Gutter deep. Passable to all types of vehicles. As of 5:38 p.m., at SLEX SM Bicutan. Knee deep. Not passable to light vehicles

9 hours ago

Italy's government has lowered its economic growth forecasts for 2023 and 2024 and warned the deficit will be higher than expected, according to a roadmap adopted by ministers. The economy ministry expects gross domestic product (GDP) to increase 0.8% year on year in 2023 and 1.2% in 2024, slower than the 1.0% and 1.5% respectively forecast in April. It forecasts a deficit of 5.3% of GDP in 2023, up from 4.5% expected previously. For 2024, it forecasts a deficit of 4.3%, up from 3.7%. — AFP

10 hours ago

The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board has denied the motions for reconsideration filed by Kapamilya noontime program "It's Showtime." The MTRCB earlier issued a suspension order against the noontime program over alleged indecent acts of romantic partners and hosts Ion Perez and Vice Ganda. The board cited complaints they received from viewers pertaining to its July 25 episode, particularly the "Isip Bata" segment. The board decided that the noontime show must be suspended for 12 airing days.

10 hours ago

Alex Eala came up short in a thrilling three-set semis showdown against China's Zheng Qinwen, 1-6, 7-6(5), 3-6, to settle for bronze in the 19th Asian Games.

11 hours ago

The Ukrainian military on Thursday says that Russia had launched a "massive" drone attack overnight and that it had destroyed 31 out of the 39 aircraft. Russian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted over Black Sea coastal regions and further inland, says Nataliya Gumenyuk, spokeswoman for the Ukrainian southern military command. Russia "does not stop the pressure and searching for new tactics: namely, with the use of mass attacks", Gumenyuk says on the messaging platform Telegram. — AFP

14 hours ago

The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources conducts an aerial maritime inspection over Scarborough Shoal or Bajo de Masinloc on Thursday, according to a report of PTV. PTV says BFAR is checking if the southeast portion of Bajo de Mansinloc remains free from illegal and hazardous floating barriers. Earlier this week, the Philippine Coast removed the chains surrounding the entrance of Bajo de Masinloc installed by the China Coast Guard. — PTV

14 hours ago

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron in a telephone call on Wednesday, according to the Presidential Communications Office. Among the topics they discussed include the plnanned visit of French minister in the Philippines as well as the situation in the West Philippine Sea. The two leaders also recalled their discussion during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ meeting last year.

15 hours ago

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg says the tech giant is putting artificial intelligence into digital assistants and smart glasses as it seeks to gain lost ground in the AI race. Zuckerberg made his announcements at the Connect developers conference at Meta's headquarters in Silicon Valley, the company's main annual product event. "Advances in AI allow us to create different (applications) and personas that help us accomplish different things," Zuckerberg says as he kicks off the gathering. — AFP

17 hours ago

State media reports that North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature has enshrined the country's status as a nuclear weapons power in the constitution. "The DPRK's nuclear force-building policy has been made permanent as the basic law of the state, which no one is allowed to flout with anything," leader Kim Jong Un said at a meeting of the State People's Assembly that was held Tuesday and Wednesday, the KCNA news agency says.  DPRK is the acronym for the country's formal name. — AFP

18 hours ago

The federal judge set to preside over Donald Trump's historic trial for conspiring to overturn the 2020 US election rejected a motion from the former president that she recuse herself from the case. Trump's attorneys, in a court filing earlier this month, had argued that US District Judge Tanya Chutkan should step aside because of past statements she has made that allegedly demonstrated bias. Chutkan, in a 20-page opinion, flatly denied the motion. — AFP

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