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The child was suffering from a congenital liver disease known as Biliary Atresia, a condition in which the bile ducts do not develop normally at birth and leads to jaundice.

Heavy rain effectively shut down Manila, the sprawling capital of 12 million people, and surrounding areas, turning streets into rivers.

About 50,000 people living in the typhoon's path would be ordered to leave their homes, said regional Civil Defense spokesman Gremil Alexis Naz.

Ferocious winds and torrential rain toppled power lines, triggered flooding and sparked landslides that engulfed houses as Goni swept across the southern part of Luzon.

The strongest typhoon of the year also triggered deadly landslides that buried a number of houses in the southern part of the most populous island of Luzon, officials said.

Manila's main airport was ordered shut down for 24 hours from Sunday to Monday and airlines canceled dozens of international and domestic flights.

"China has opportunistically looked to expand its military footprint across the Indo-Pacific. From the South China Sea to the Himalayas."

"The tweet violated a Twitter policy that prohibits sharing false or misleading misinformation about COVID-19 that could lead to harm."

This cross-border acquisition will help NephroPlus to access the $400 million Philippines dialysis market and the company aims to clock a business of $50 million by 2025.

China claims sovereignty over virtually the entire South China Sea, which is also claimed in whole or in part by Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam.