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MANILA, Philippines AP 鈥?The Philippine president has suspended his decision to terminate a key defense pact with the United States, at least temporarily avoiding a major blow to one of America oldest alliances in Asia.Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said Tuesday he dispatched a diplomatic note to the U.S. ambassador in Manila informing the U.S. government that the Philippines is delaying its decision to abrogate the Visiting Forces Agreement by at least six months.Washington immediately welcomed the move.Our longstanding alliance has benefited both countries, the U.S. government said in a statement released by its embassy in Manila. We look forward to continued close security and defense cooperation with the Philippines.President Rodrigo Duterte administration notified the U.S. government on Feb. 11 that it intends to abrogate the 1998 agreement, which allows t
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stanley cup ing TV network goes off air under Philippine government orderThe waiting time will be suspended by at least six months and could be extended by another half a year, according to the diplomatic letter to the U.S., which cited unspecified political and other developments in the region. Wlee FBI director warns of ongoing Russian information warfare
CAIRO AP 鈥?At least 10 child leukemia patients in Yemen have died, and dozens more left seriously ill, after being administered expired doses of a cancer treatment in the rebel-held capital, medical officials and workers said on Friday.Yemens ruinous conflict, now entering its eighth year, has caused one of the worlds worst humanitarian crises and killed in excess of 150,00
stanley cup 0 people.The children were aged between three and 15 and died at Sanaas Kuwait Hospital after being injected with old doses of smuggled medicine at a number of private clinics, the rebel-run Health Ministry said in a statement Thursday. The officials did not says when the 10 deaths occurred.According to a half dozen health officials and wor
nike dunk kers who spoke to The Associated Press, some 50 children received a smuggled chemotherapy treatment known as Methotrexate that was originally manufactured in India. They said a total
airmax of 19 children had died from the expired treatment. The officials and workers spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not briefed to speak with the media.Amid Yemen war, the lack of access to basic resources, including food and medicine, has created large smuggling networks across both rebel-held Houthi and Saudi coalition-run areas.Several doctors in Sanaa said that Houthi officials secretly work in partnership with medicine smugglers who sell often expired treatment to private clinics from storage houses across the country. In doing so, they said the Houthis were limiting the
