Protests break out as Philippines election returns a Marcos to presidency
Son of ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos leads unofficial tally by wide margin over rivals
Ferdinand Marcos Jr on track to win Philippine presidential election
Victory for Marcos would mark political rehabilitation of family that ran notorious dictatorship
Typhoon Rai: Death toll in Philippines climbs to 208, police say
Fifty-two people missing after deadly storm hit central and southern provinces
Philippines reports dozens more deaths from Typhoon Rai
Widespread destruction has made it difficult to provide a clear picture of extent of damage
Facebook will shrug off the latest onslaught of bad press
Net Results: The latest stories will change nothing without decisive regulatory action
Joe Biden’s trouble? He overestimated the clamour for change
US Politics: President was elected for narrow purposes – retire Trump and give Americans a breather
Fintan O’Toole: There is unease about openly saying Facebook a potent enemy of democracy
Social media platform we use to talk to our families also facilitates tyranny
Facebook a threat to democracy and ‘biased against facts’, says Nobel winner
Network’s algorithms ‘prioritise the spread of lies laced with anger and hate over facts’
Journalists who took on Putin and Duterte win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov cited for their fight for freedom of expression
Manny Pacquiao to run for president of Philippines
Retired boxing star files his certificate for candidacy in Southeast Asian nation
US right caught between confronting China and courting populist strongmen
Pandering to foreign nationalists crosses from the eccentric to the self-harming
Two distinct populisms are at work in the world today
US Politics: The US form of populism threatens entropy, not sinister order
Duterte says he will not cooperate with ICC inquiry into drug war killings
Prosecutor claims crimes against humanity may have been committed in Philippines
ICC prosecutor seeks full inquiry into Philippines drug war killings
Government figures show more than 6,000 dealers killed by security forces since 2016
Were social media giants right to silence Trump?
World View: Censorship, democracy and free speech key to interference in public discourse
World View: How will global far-right adapt without US figurehead?
Internationalists hope Biden victory heralds wider fall in far-right fortunes
Philippines’ tyhpoon deaths rise to 67 as worst floods in 45 years hit north
Country hit by six cyclones in four weeks, including Vamco and Goni, the world’s most powerful this year
US allies express hope for fresh start after four years of Trump
World leaders congratulate Joe Biden on his victory in presidential election
Typhoon Goni weakens as it crosses the Philippines leaving four dead
World’s strongest storm so far this year brought powerful gusts of up to 290km/h
Coronavirus: Global infections approach 30 million
Trials of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine remain on hold until midweek
Coronavirus: Germany sees highest number of new cases in over three months
World updates: Spanish areas ban public smoking; two test positive for second time in China
Russia set to begin Covid-19 vaccinations within weeks
Western experts cast doubt on Vladimir Putin’s claim that new vaccine has ‘passed all necessary tests’
‘Democracy at the precipice’: Journalist takes on Rodrigo Duterte
Maria Ressa’s news organisation Rappler is a buffer against dictatorship in Philippines
WHO warns of ‘response fatigue’ as coronavirus cases surge worldwide
Many countries that believed they were past the worst ‘grappling with new outbreaks’
Philippines journalist Maria Ressa found guilty of ‘cyber libel’
Fierce criticism as editor of influential Rappler website faces up to six years in jail
Coronavirus: Lockdowns eased as cases exceed 4.2m worldwide
UK death toll passes 40,000 mark; French children start returning to school
Coronavirus: Man dies in Philippines in first death outside China
Overall death toll rises to above 300 while countries move to restrict travel from China
Philippines massacre: Eight jailed for life over 57 murders
Court finds senior members of influential political clan guilty of Maguindanao killings
Sole survivor: How Imelda Marcos strutted back to power in the Philippines
Lauren Greenfield’s remarkable film about the shoe-obsessed former first lady exposes how she lied and bought her way back into power
Brexit is blinding Britain to both its history and its present
Demagogic movements from around the world are reflected in UK debate over EU exit
Janan Ganesh: Notion of a unified world populism is a myth
US Politics: There are lots of populisms. To speak of them in the terrifying singular is alarmist
Rubbish shipment at centre of international spat arrives back in Canada
Containers of ‘recyclables’ shipped to Philippines held waste including disposable nappies
Philippines forces Canada to take back its rubbish
Shipment of 69 containers sent back after five years as global trade in plastics under microscope
Duterte endorsed in Philippines as candidates dominate election
Senate majority will allow president pass his agenda, including redrafting constitution
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