Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:br - PH actions in South China Sea ‘extremely dangerous’ – Chinese state mediabr - AI progress must be brought to ‘human scale,’ says Hontiveros, as disruption loomsbr - In Christmas Day message, Pope Francis decries Gaza’s ‘appalling harvest’ of civilian deathsbr - CJ Cansino sorry over UP teammate Francis Lopez's mask grabbing at carnivalbr br