US, UK and 12 other nations reaffirm 2016 ruling invalidating China’s claims in South China Sea

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, United Kingdom and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted on Sunday that China’s expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling. A joint statement issued by the nations said they rejected “destabiliz...

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