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Philippines can’t afford to go back to the past

  In 2016, Filipino voters picked a president who will be remembered for his crass pronouncements and a brutal war on drugs. On Monday, if polls would be correct, they are poised to elect the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. The return of the Marcos clan to the Malacañang Palace may appeal to Filipinos nostalgic for the era ...

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France’s Macron proposes political union to bring Ukraine, UK close

Bloomberg French President Emmanuel Macron offered a way for Ukraine to work more closely with the European Union, hours after Russia’s Vladimir Putin compared his war with Kyiv to the fight against Nazi Germany. “Ukraine, with its fight and courage, is already a member by heart of our Europe, our family, our union,” Macron told members of the European parliament ...

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Russian envoy to Poland hit with red paint in war protest

  Bloomberg Russia’s ambassador to Poland, Sergey Andreev, was struck with red paint in Warsaw amid protests opposing the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine. Crowds jeered the envoy as he led a Russian delegation to lay flowers at a memorial to Soviet Red Army troops who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II as part of Russia’s May 9 Victory Day ...

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