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The Philippines said on Sunday it had deployed a coast guard ship to challenge Chinese patrol boats attempting to “alter the existing status quo” of the disputed South China Sea. Beijing claims most of the strategic waterway despite a 2016 international tribunal ruling that went against it, and there have been frequent clashes or tense…
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The disease caused by the monkeypox leads to flu-like symptoms and pus-filled lesions (Representational). Manila: The Philippines has confirmed two more mpox virus infections of the milder clade 2 variety, its health ministry said Monday, bringing the number of active cases to three. “We continue to see local transmission of mpox clade II here in…
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Motorists ride through a flooded street in Manila on amid heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Gaemi. | Photo Credit: AFP Relentless rain drenched the northern Philippines on July 24, triggering floods in Manila and deadly landslips as Typhoon Gaemi intensified the seasonal monsoon. Rescuers were deployed across the densely populated capital to help evacuate…
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Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. | Photo Credit: AP The Philippines “cannot yield” in territorial disputes, President Ferdinand Marcos said on Monday, after a series of escalating confrontations with Beijing in the South China Sea. Manila is locked in a longstanding territorial row with Beijing over parts of the strategic waterway through which trillions of…
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