Philippines says an ‘excessive force’ of Chinese ships blocked a food delivery to Filipinos in shoal

Philippines says an ‘excessive force’ of Chinese ships blocked a food delivery to Filipinos in shoal

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China deployed “an excessive force” of 40 ships that blocked two Philippine vessels from delivering food and other supplies to Manila’s largest coast guard ship in a disputed shoal in the latest flare-up of their territorial disputes in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said Tuesday. China and the Philippines blamed

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Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels

Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police come under fire from drug cartels

TANGAMANDAPIO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels, authorities said Monday. Adrián López, the chief prosecutor in the western state of Michoacan, confirmed that gunmen linked to drug cartels shot to death seven members of the community police force in the town of

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