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Spreading Christmas cheer: Stranded crew on empty container ship in B.C....
SATURNA ISLAND, B.C. — The stranded crew of an empty container ship tied up in an international bankruptcy issue received a shipment of donated holiday cheer Tuesday, including a Christmas tree, a...
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Powerful typhoon kills six in Philippines, forcing 380,000 to abandon...
A powerful typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday after killing at least six people and spoiling Christmas in several provinces, where more than 380,000 people abandoned celebrations at...
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Rodrigo Duterte threatens to throw corrupt officials out of a helicopter —...
In his latest controversial statement, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his bloody anti-drug war that has killed thousands, threatened to throw corrupt officials out of a helicopter,...
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Rodrigo Duterte eyes closer ties with Moscow as two Russian naval ships...
MANILA, Philippines — Two Russian Navy ships arrived in Manila on Tuesday for a goodwill visit amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s moves to bolster ties with Moscow, including a possible weapons deal....
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Muslim rebels emerge from jungle before dawn and bust loose at least 100...
KIDAPAWAN, Philippines — More than 100 suspected Muslim rebels stormed a jail in the southern Philippines before dawn Wednesday, allowing 158 inmates to escape in what officials said was the biggest...
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Philippines’ top cop pulls national force from anti-drug operations and...
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine police chief stopped the use of the national police force in anti-drug operations Monday and disbanded all police anti-narcotics units after the president’s brutal...
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Philippine court orders arrest of president’s most vocal critic on charges of...
MANILA, Philippines — A Philippine court issued an arrest warrant on drug charges Thursday for an opposition senator and former top human rights official who is one of the most vocal critics of...
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German sailor fails to escape murder a second time as unverified video shows...
MANILA, Philippines — Abu Sayyaf extremists in the Philippines released a video showing the beheading of a German hostage in the first sign the brutal Filipino militants carried out a threat to kill...
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Rights groups say Philippine police have falsified evidence to justify...
MANILA, Philippines — A human rights watchdog on Thursday accused the police in the Philippines of falsifying evidence to justify unlawful killings in the government’s war on drugs that has caused more...
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Noble Caledonia cruise ship runs aground in Indonesia, damages 1,600 metres...
A British-owned, Bahamian-flagged Noble Caledonia cruise ship sailed into 1,600 metres of coral reef in the western Indonesian archipelago of Raja Ampat on March 4, damaging the structural stability of...
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Philippine troops kill young militant commander blamed for beheadings of...
Philippine troops battling militants on a central resort island killed a young Abu Sayyaf commander who was involved in the beheadings of two Canadians and a German and who had sailed far from the...
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‘It’s sort of the unicorn of mollusks’: Scientists find giant ‘shipworm’...
For hundreds of years, biologists knew of the giant shipworm only from shell fragments and a handful of dead specimens. Those specimens, despite being preserved in museum jars, had gone to mush. Still,...
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Driver shouts brakes not working before Philippines bus plunges into ravine,...
MANILA, Philippines — Passengers were screaming in horror as the bus driver repeatedly hit the brakes, shouting they weren’t working, before the vehicle plunged into a ravine in the northern...
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‘I wrote about slavery as a love story’: Writer horrified after realizing she...
This week, the Atlantic published Alex Tizon’s complicated narrative about his family’s lifelong secret, the story of a woman he cared for deeply and knew only as Lola. Lola, whose full name was...
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Philippine President Duterte considers putting entire country under martial...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he might expand martial law nationwide if violence currently confined to the south spreads to the country’s main island of Luzon. “If I think ISIS has already...
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Some veterans of stealthy U.S. ‘Silent Service’ cringe at Trump’s sub...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Some veterans of the Navy’s “Silent Service” are cringing at news that President Donald Trump disclosed the whereabouts of two submarines that are part of an undersea force that...
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‘I heard many, many gunshots’: Police rush to the Resorts World Manila...
MANILA, Philippines — Gunshots and explosions rang out early Friday at a mall, casino and hotel complex near Manila’s international airport in the Philippine capital, sparking a security alarm amid an...
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Smoke kills at least 34 after gunman attacks Manila casino; police say it...
MANILA, Philippines — At least 34 people died after a gunman stormed a mall-casino complex in the Philippines, torched gambling tables and stuffed a backpack with casino chips before fleeing,...
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Philippine police dismiss ISIL’s claim to Manila attack; Gunman an...
MANILA, Philippines — Philippine police say the attacker was a tall, English-speaking white man with a moustache. They say he carried an assault rifle, and that he used gasoline to start a casino fire...
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Australian journalist hit with bullet in the neck while covering siege...
MARAWI, Philippines — An Australian journalist said he was fine after being hit by a bullet in his neck Thursday while covering the Philippine military’s assault against militants aligned with the...
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