Philippines Earthquake, Egg Allergies, & Lucha Libro

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Adam Rogers
June 09, 2026

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A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the southern Philippines on Monday, killing at least 35 people and injuring more than 200. The strongest quake to hit the country this year struck off the island of Mindanao at 7:37 a.m.
General Santos, a port city of 722,000, sustained the worst damage — buildings collapsed, a hospital was evacuated, and the international airport was shut, with 17 flights canceled. A landslide in Sarangani province killed 13 people. Tsunami warnings were issued across the region before being lifted after six hours, with waves up to 4.6 feet measured locally and smaller waves reaching Indonesia, Palau, and southern Japan. More than 200 aftershocks followed, the strongest at magnitude 6.7.
The Philippines sits on the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of intense seismic activity stretching from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin, making it one of the world's most disaster-prone countries. The archipelago experiences more than 800 earthquakes a year and is battered by around 20 typhoons annually.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan claimed victory Monday in an election that tested whether the country would move closer to Europe or remain in Russia's orbit. His pro-EU Civil Contract party won 49.81% of the vote and 61 of 105 parliamentary seats, enough to govern alone and pursue EU membership.
His main opponent, billionaire Samvel Karapetyan, whose pro-Russia Strong Armenia bloc finished second with 23.29% of the vote, is under house arrest on charges of advocating the government's overthrow, which he has dismissed as politically motivated. Six members of his party were also arrested the day before the election over alleged vote-buying.
Russia has responded to Armenia's westward drift with export restrictions and threats from Putin, comparing Armenia's path to Ukraine's. The vote could reshape alliances in the South Caucasus, a key trade and energy corridor between Europe and Asia.

Introducing eggs to infants before six months of age significantly reduces the risk of egg allergy, according to a large population study published in JAMA Pediatrics, the first evidence that the guideline change is working in the real world, not just in clinical trials.
As early egg introduction rose among Australian infants between 2007 and 2019, egg allergy rates fell from 9.2% to 7.6%. The impact was largest for high-risk infants with eczema, whose egg allergy rate dropped from 34.6% to 21.9%.
For decades, guidelines recommended delaying allergenic foods until age one to three, advice an accompanying editorial called flatly "wrong." Peanut allergy in US children roughly quadrupled under those recommendations before pediatricians reversed course in 2016-2017.

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City Councilmember Nithya Raman will face Mayor Karen Bass in November's Los Angeles mayoral runoff, the AP projects, eliminating Republican Spencer Pratt from the race. (More)

A federal judge struck down Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee, ruling it was an unconstitutional tax Congress never authorized. (More)

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Xenophobic violence is spreading across South Africa as protest groups demand illegal immigrants leave by June 30. At least five Mozambicans have been killed, and thousands of migrants have been displaced. (More)

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer gave Apple and Google three months to block explicit images on children's phones or face a law forcing compliance. (More)

US stock markets closed mixed on Monday (S&P +0.30%, Nasdaq +0.86%, Dow -0.16%) as chip stocks rebounded and Israel and Iran agreed to stop attacking each other. (More)

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The Spurs beat the Knicks 115-111 to cut into New York’s series lead 2-1. (More)

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