Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Thursday called the New York Times an "asshole" and rejected fresh criticism of his deadly drug war as he began hosting Asian leaders ahead of a summit. Duterte let loose with the crude insult two days after the major US newspaper wrote an editorial headlined: "Let the World Condemn Duterte", and which slammed the killings of thousands of Filipino drug suspects.

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