Title:

 Philippine president expresses regret for using a profanity to describe Obama

Author:

The Associated Press

Source:

CBC News

Date:

 September 6, 2016

Description:

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his "son of a bitch" remark while referring to President Barack Obama, in a rare display of contrition by a politician whose wide arc of profanities has unabashedly targeted world figures including the pope and the UN chief.