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5/26/2022 12:43:41 PM
Philippine president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr said Thursday he would uphold an international ruling against Beijing over the disputed South China Sea, insisting he would not let China trample on Manila's maritime rights.
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International
5/23/2022 1:43:00 PM
President Joe Biden on Monday launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at strengthening their economies as he warned Americans worried about high inflation that it was ``going to be a haul'' before they feel relief. The president said he does not believe an economic recession is inevitable in the U.S.
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5/9/2022 10:06:00 AM
Millions of Filipinos thronged polling stations Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes election.
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4/16/2022 5:58:23 PM
President Joe Biden will host leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian nations in Washington next month for a summit, the White House said Saturday.
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Egypt
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4/13/2022 7:47:39 PM
Egypt offered its condolences on Wednesday to South Africa and the Philippines over the floods that wreaked havoc in some provinces in the two countries, claiming many lives.
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3/28/2022 12:18:59 PM
The Philippines and the United States launched the largest-ever joint military drills in the archipelago nation on Monday, signalling deepening defence ties as fresh tensions surface in the disputed South China Sea.
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12/25/2021 12:31:09 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines, Asia's largest Roman Catholic nation, marked Christmas on Saturday without homes, adequate food and water, electricity and cellphone connections after a powerful typhoon left at least 375 people dead last week and devastated mostly central island provinces.
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12/20/2021 9:21:03 AM
The death toll rose to more than 200 following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year, with 52 people still missing and several central towns and provinces grappling with downed communications and power outages and pleading for food and water, officials said Monday.
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12/19/2021 1:18:31 PM
The governor of an island province in the central Philippines said Sunday at least 63 people died in the devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in more than half of the towns that managed to contact him, bringing the death toll in the strongest typhoon to batter the country this year to at least 137.
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12/18/2021 10:53:03 AM
A powerful typhoon left at least 19 people dead, knocked down power and communications in entire provinces and wrought widespread destruction mostly in the central Philippines, officials said Saturday. A governor said her island province has been "leveled to the ground."
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11/22/2021 11:36:01 AM
The Philippine military defiantly redeployed two supply boats on Monday to provide food to Filipino marines guarding a disputed shoal in the South China Sea after the Chinese coast guard used water cannons to forcibly turn the boats away in an assault last week that drew angry condemnation and warnings from Manila.
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11/19/2021 2:04:26 PM
The United States on Friday accused China of an escalation against the Philippines and warned that an armed attack would invite a US response after an incident in disputed waters.
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International
10/8/2021 6:47:00 PM
Investigative journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their work promoting freedom of expression at a time when liberty of the press is increasingly under threat.
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International
9/4/2021 1:56:36 PM
The national carrier of the Philippines said the filing will allow it to restructure contracts and cut debt by at least $2 billion while getting $655 million in fresh capital when it emerges from the Chapter 11 process
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Egypt
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Politics
7/5/2021 11:39:30 AM
The plane overshot a runway at Jolo airport in Sulu province and burst into flames
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7/5/2021 10:15:52 AM
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World
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7/4/2021 12:44:00 PM
At least 45 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames
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World
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International
6/21/2021 6:33:14 PM
Biden announced that the US was purchasing 500 million doses from Pfizer to donate globally over the coming year, with the first deliveries expected in August
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World
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International
5/8/2021 4:33:46 PM
The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters did not take any hostage or put up resistance when army troops and police took positions at dawn Saturday near the public market in the farming town of Datu Paglas
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World
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International
4/19/2021 3:33:30 PM
Vicente Malano, administrator of the government weather agency, said a high pressure area extending from China to Japan was blocking the typhoon from blowing inland
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