![President Joe Biden is speaking in his first address to a joint session of Congress [Jim Watson/Pool via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2021-04-29T012642Z_770509662_RC2D5N916F4C_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
President says ‘America is on the move, again’ in speech to mark 100 days in office.
![The Philippine Supreme Court, whose members are now mostly Duterte appointees, denounced the killings and harassments of lawyers as 'an assault on the judiciary' [File: Francis Malasig/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/h_56682649.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Some 61 lawyers, prosecutors and judges were killed in the last five years, prompting calls for the UN to help investiga
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Duterte’s threat on Friday has sparked fears of a new wave of bloodshed.
![Duterte told communist rebels on Friday that they have 'no ideology' and that they are just fighting like 'bandits' [RTVM Malacanang]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Screen-Shot-2021-03-06-at-12.15.25-PM.png?resize=270%2C180)
Latest threat by Philippine president ignites fears of a new wave of violence similar to deadly drug war.
![The Chinese intrusions also come as Beijing began what it said was a research expedition to the resource-rich Benham Rise, northeast of the Philippines and also within its EEZ [Philippine Coast Guard]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/jia-geng-catanduanes-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Two incidents involving the Jia Geng survey ship happened north and east of the Philippines near the Pacific Ocean.
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Health experts say Philippine president repeating predecessor’s missteps adding to public doubt and vaccine hesitancy.
![Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba is the first ever attorney general of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, which was established in 2019 [Bangsamoro government handout photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/124171558_863879004440559_8197773860302321138_o-e1611209361625.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Attorney general of the Philippines’ autonomous Muslim region has a task: Establishing sustainable peace.
![Philippine health experts said that the surge in new cases is most likely associated with holiday crowds as well as looser health regulations in local communities [Lisa Marie David/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/2020-12-15T235733Z_305543175_RC2ZNK9KWPGH_RTRMADP_3_CHRISTMAS-SEASON-PHILIPPINES.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Millions of Filipinos hold on to their faith as they defy warnings that mass gatherings could drive up transmission.
![WHO said international experts would go to the central Chinese city of Wuhan, where the first cases of COVID-19 were detected last December [File: China Daily/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Three-quarter infections occurring in Americas; India to reach 10 million cases; ex-Burundi president dies due to virus.
![Human rights advocates say as many as 27,000 people were killed in the drug war as of mid-2019 - including the victims killed by 'unknown gunmen' [File: Bullit Marquez/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/b388a4b9208f43bb82857dfc2b0cadce_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
ICC prosecutor finds ‘reasonable basis to believe’ crimes against humanity committed in Duterte’s war on drugs campaign.