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China delimits contested South China Sea shoal in dispute with Philippines
China has published baselines for a contested shoal in the South China Sea it had seized from the Philippines, a move that’s likely to increase tensions over overlapping territorial claimsWorld - ABC News - November 10 -
Storm-weary Philippines forcibly evacuates thousands as another typhoon hits
A new typhoon has made landfall in the northeastern Philippines, which has been battered by earlier stormsWorld - ABC News - 6 days ago -
Weather tracker: Philippines braced for landslides as fourth cyclone in three weeks hits
Meanwhile, unseasonable heat will continue across parts of Australia this week . The northern Philippines is experiencing its fourth tropical cyclone in three weeks. Typhoon Toraji, also known as ...World - The Guardian - 6 days ago -
Philippines set to be hit by fifth major storm in less than a month
Tropical Storm Usagi is days away from making landfall, after Typhoon Toraji, Severe Tropical Storm Trami, Typhoon Yinxing and Super Typhoon Kong-rey. The Philippines issued new weather warnings on ...World - The Guardian - 5 days ago -
Philippine defense secretary doesn't expect Trump will demand payment for protection
Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro says he doesn't expect U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration will demand the Philippines pay more for military protection because ...World - ABC News - 5 days ago -
China holds combat drills at a disputed shoal west of the Philippines
China has held sea and air combat drills at disputed Scarborough Shoal, an uninhabited area of reefs and rocks it had seized from the Philippines in the South China SeaWorld - ABC News - 4 days ago -
Philippines says it will cooperate if ICC seeks Duterte's custody over drug killings
The Philippine government says its law enforcement agencies will be obliged to cooperate if the International Criminal Court seeks the custody of former President Rodrigo Duterte as part of an ...World - ABC News - 4 days ago -
More than 650,000 people flee as Super Typhoon Man-yi hits Philippines
Authorities warn of ‘life-threatening’ surges as sixth storm to pound the country in the past month intensified. Super Typhoon Man-yi has slammed into the Philippines, with the national weather ...World - The Guardian - Yesterday -
Latest typhoon batters the Philippines, displacing about 400,000 people
A powerful typhoon has wrecked houses, caused towering tidal surges and forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee to emergency shelters as it barreled across the northern Philippines in the ...World - ABC News - 2 hours ago -
US missile deployment to Philippines 'incredibly important' for combat readiness, US general says
A US Army general says the deployment by the US military of a mid-range missile system in the northern Philippines was “incredibly important” and allowed American and Filipino forces to jointly ...World - ABC News - October 21 -
Storm-triggered floods in Philippines spark frantic calls to rescue trapped people, some on roofs
Torrential rain set off by an approaching storm has swamped eastern Philippine cities and towns in widespread floods that trapped people, some on their roofs, and sparked frantic appeals for rescue ...World - ABC News - October 23 -
Tropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 24 people dead in flooding and landslides
Widespread flooding and landslides set off by a tropical storm in the northeastern Philippines left at least 24 people dead, swept away cars and prompted authorities to scramble for motorboats to ...World - ABC News - October 24 -
Tropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 23 people dead in flooding and landslides
Tropical storm battering Philippines leaves at least 23 people dead in flooding and landslidesWorld - ABC News - October 23 -
Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 65 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn
Tropical storm Trami has blown away from the northwestern Philippines, leaving at least 65 people dead mostly in extensive flooding and landslidesWorld - ABC News - October 25 -
A Philippine police official says 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by a storm south of Manila.
A Philippine police official says 33 people were killed mostly in landslides set off by a storm south of Manila.World - ABC News - October 25 -
Philippine ex-Pres. Duterte says he kept a `death squad' as mayor to kill criminals
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has told a Senate inquiry that he had maintained a “death squad” of criminals to kill other criminals when he was mayor of a southern Philippine cityWorld - ABC News - October 28 -
At least 14 killed in long-running land dispute between rebel clans in southern Philippines
Philippine military and civilian officials say at least 14 people have been killed in a long-seething land dispute involving two Muslim guerrilla commanders and their followers in a southern ...World - ABC News - October 31 -
Typhoon Yinxing slams into a northern Philippine region still recovering from back-to-back storms
A strong typhoon has hit the northern Philippines, prompting a new round of evacuations in a region still recovering from back-to-back storms a few weeks agoWorld - ABC News - November 7 -
Typhoon batters storm-weary Philippines and displaces thousands more people as a new storm threatens
Typhoon Toraji has unleashed floods, knocked down trees and caused power outages in the northern Philippines before weakening into a tropical storm and blowing out to the South China SeaWorld - ABC News - 5 days ago -
Strong typhoon prompts more evacuations in Philippines, the fifth major storm to hit in three weeks
The fifth major storm in three weeks has hit the northeastern Philippines, prompting more largescale evacuations and a United Nations call for emergency funds to help the government ease the plight ...World - ABC News - 3 days ago -
Chinese and Philippine forces again avoid a clash in a fiercely disputed shoal under a rare deal
The Philippine navy has transported food and other supplies to a territorial ship outpost in a shoal in the South China Sea without any confrontation with Chinese forces guarding the areaWorld - ABC News - 2 days ago -
‘Shock of our lives’: Philippines reels as five major storms strike in three weeks
Filipinos feel real-life effects of climate change as destructive typhoons become more frequent. Typhoon Yinxing tore off a quarter of Diana Moraleda’s tiled roof in the town of Appari in northern ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago