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Why Vladimir Putin is annexing Ukrainian territory

Why Vladimir Putin is annexing Ukrainian territory

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The deaths are expected to grow as residents and officials assess the damage. One resident said it looked like an “atomic bomb” had been dropped.


PHL, US defense chiefs discuss strengthening MDT commitments

By JOVILAND RITA, GMA News


Top defense officials of the Philippines and the United States on Friday (Manila time) discussed strengthening their commitments to the Mutual Defense Treaty (MDT) between the two countries.


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The discussion took place during a meeting between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III and Philippine Defense officer-in-charge Jose Faustino Jr. at the US Indo-Pacific Command in Honolulu, Hawaii.

“We discussed several priority areas for the alliance including strengthening our MDT commitments and enhancing maritime cooperation, and building on our mutual defense posture, and improving interoperability and information sharing,” Austin said in a press conference.

Under the MDT, the two countries agreed that an armed attack in the Pacific Area on either the Philippines or the US would be dangerous and that they would act to meet the common dangers in accordance with its constitutional processes.

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