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The Taliban take three more cities.
Duterte Says Vaccine Refusers in the Philippines Should Be Detained at Home
It was not clear whether President Rodrigo Duterte intended to try to enforce such a rule, which legal experts said would be unconstitutional.
After Years of Chinese Influence, U.S. Tries to Renew Ties in Southeast Asia
Lloyd J. Austin III, the American defense secretary, became the first high-ranking official in the Biden administration to travel to a region that has long received close attention from Beijing.
As Chinese Ships Swarm, Filipino Fishermen ‘Protest and Adapt’
Beijing’s aggression in the South China Sea has harmed the fishermen’s livelihood for years, and now the lessons of Scarborough Shoal are playing out elsewhere in the disputed waters.
Inked Mummies, Linking Tattoo Artists With Their Ancestors
As scientists find more tattoos on preserved remains from Indigenous cultures, artists living today are drawing from them to revive cultural traditions.
Your Monday Briefing
A deadly plane crash in the Philippines.
Philippine Military Plane Crashes With 96 People Aboard
At least 50 people, including three civilians on the ground, were killed in the accident, and it was feared that the toll would climb.
Benigno S. Aquino III, Ex-President of the Philippines, Is Dead at 61
A scion of the country’s most prominent pro-democracy political family, he was celebrated early in his administration for stabilizing the country’s faltering economy.
Rodrigo Duterte Threatens to Jail Anybody Refusing a Vaccine
The country’s president called the current severe outbreak “a national emergency” in a TV interview that included an expletive-laced rant against those who chose not to get a vaccine.