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Philippines Condemns China After South China Sea Collision Captured on Video

Footage shows a Chinese coast guard vessel chasing a Philippine boat and then ramming a Chinese warship. It was the latest confrontation in the contested waters.

© Philippine Coast Guard, via Associated Press

A Chinese Navy vessel, left, accidentally collided with a Chinese Coast Guard ship, right, while chasing a Philippine fisheries boat, foreground, near Scarborough Shoal in the disputed South China Sea on Monday.
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Philippine Senate Shelves Impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte

The Senate set aside the trial of Sara Duterte, a rival of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. She and her party won more seats than expected in midterm elections in May.

© Jam Sta Rosa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

A protest to demand the impeachment of Vice President Sara Duterte of the Philippines outside the Senate in Manila on Wednesday.
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Last Soldiers of an Imperial Army Have a Warning for Young Generations

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised.

© Ko Sasaki for The New York Times

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