Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has made a promise to stop swearing, saying God spoke to him during a flight from Japan on Thursday and warned him the plane would crash if he kept using bad language. So, I promise God ... not to express slang, cuss words and everything." He has called US President Barack Obama a "son of a bitch" and chose the same words when criticising the pope. He told Obama to "go to hell", called UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon a "devil" and said "fuck you" twice to the European Union, while raising his middle finger. It was not the first time Duterte has spoken of his connection with God, whom he said had made him president.

Source: The Star October 28, 2016 11:35 UTC