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450 killed in deadly Philippine tropical storm
Flash floods have devastated a southern Philippines region unaccustomed to serious storms, killing at least 450 people while they slept.
World celebrates several seven-billionth babies
The United Nations has chosen Monday to mark the globe’s seven-billionth birth symbolically, sparking a string of festivities worldwide.
Monster typhoon threatens Phillipines, Taiwan
A strong typhoon off the Philippines’ mountainous north forced authorities to close schools in the capital for a second day on Thursday as disaster-response teams braced for…
Whale sharks put Philippine town on the tourist map
Cocooned in rural seclusion, Donsol, a placid little town, long kept a big but unintended secret: In the first half of the year, the sea swarms with the world’s largest fish.…
More than 100 injured in Philippine armoury blast
Huge blasts at a suburban Manila police ammunition dump injured at least 107 people, damaged several buildings and homes and set off security jitters in a capital long wary of…