Bloomberg The only son and namesake of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos has claimed victory in a high-stakes Philippines presidential election and has asked critics to judge him by his actions and not his past as he moves on with considering names for his cabinet. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr won the election by a landslide, cementing his family’s return to ...

Bloomberg Japan and South Korea are among the countries set to join the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), a US-led regional grouping President Joe Biden is expected to unveil later this month, the Sankei newspaper reported. Australia and New Zealand are also set to sign up as members of the group, the paper said, without specifying where it got the information. ...

  Bloomberg The Biden administration is working on a proposal to bolster economies in Latin America and strengthen US ties ahead of a key regional summit the US will host next month to help confront the challenge of fast-increasing migration. The proposed economic framework, still in the early stages, will address issues including so-called nearshoring and supply-chain vulnerabilities revealed by ...