Top News Stories You Need to Kwon

Here’s a Heads Up from reportr on top news stories that you need to know today, May 25: 

NEWS EXPLAINED

• Who is Arsenio Balisacan, who will be one of the core members of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.’s economic team.
• Here’s how incoming secretary of the newly-formed department of OFW affairs Susan Ople plans to uplift Filipino migrant workers. 
• CULTURE EXPLAINED
  • Why is Harry Styles so popular? Since One Direction went on break, he has expanded his audience and received critical recognition. 

• NEWS YOU NEED TO KNOW

  • The risk of monkeypox spreading wide around the world is very small, health authorities in the U.S. and Europe said.
  • Marcos has signaled his determination for nuclear energy, discussing the possible revival of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant with South Korea.
  • CCTV cameras should be a requirement for the issuance of business permits, DILG Sec. Eduardo Ano said.
  • Starbucks is exiting Russia completely due to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
  • Airbnb has shut down its business in China as lockdowns persist two years into the pandemic, Agence France-Presse reported, quoting a source.
  • For kids under 5 years old, Pfizer and BioNTech said their COVID vaccine is effective with three doses.
  • Kate Moss is expected to testify in ex Johnny Depp's defamation trial, adding another celebrity to the actor’s legal troubles with ex-wife Amber Heard.
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