Philippines’ ex-president Aquino dies

Former Philippine president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino, the reserved 61-year-old bachelor from one of Asia's most famous political families, died yesterday, the country's foreign minister and several officials said. Aquino, who ruled the archipelago nation from 2010 to 2016, was the only son of the late former president Corazon Aquino and her assassinated husband, senator Benigno "Ninoy" Aquino. Aquino died in a Manila hospital of renal failure as a result of diabetes, his family said.