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Philippines, U.S. launch military drills amid South China Sea tensions 6:54 AM MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine and U.S. soldiers started two weeks of military exercises on Monday against a backdrop of rising tensions in the South China Sea, though the drills were reduced in scale due to the coronavirus pandemic. The countries are proceeding with the exercises, which were postponed last year due to the pandemic, after Manila recently accused China of territorial incursions by hundreds of its vessels manned by militias in the South China Sea. Chinese diplomats, however, have said the boats were just sheltering from rough seas...
