Here's a heads up from reporter on news that you need to know today, July 21:
CULTURE EXPLAINED
- The most recent viral news involves men who flex their connections to get out of compromising situations. Why are they so entitled?
TODAY I LEARNED
- In this video explainer, we look at how satellite proves China's poop-dumping in the West Philippine Sea.
NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW
- President Rodrigo Duterte said a return to stricter quarantines is possible to stop the spread of the highly-contagious Delta variant.
- The President also denied former Foreign Affairs Sec. Alberto del Rosario’s claim that China influenced the 2016 elections to help him win.
- Notwithstanding the threat of the Delta variant, the President’s economic managers still see an economic rebound in 2021, with GDP growing 6-7%.
- Former Cebu Governor Lito Osmena, who pushed for the development of the regions, has died.
- CNN is preparing to launch streaming service CNN+, which will deliver news Netflix-style to an audience that is cutting their cable subscriptions.
- U.S. President Joe Biden has backtracked on his remarks that Facebook was “killing people” with its failure to stop the spread of vaccine misinformation.
- Prince Harry is writing a memoir, a first for a senior British royal. Publisher Penguin Books said it would chronicle “mistakes” and “lessons learned”.
