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In this photo released by the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS) rescuers search for victims after a ferry bound for the resort island of Bali sank off Ketapang, East Java, Indonesia, on early Thursday, July 3, 2025.
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Rescuers search rough seas for 38 missing after ferry sinks near Bali, Indonesia
FILE PHOTO: Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaks during the annual Munich Security Conference, in Munich, Germany February 17, 2024. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
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Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina gets six-month prison sentence in absentia
Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a Long Life Prayer offering ceremony at the Main Tibetan Temple in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, India on June 30, 2025.
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Dalai Lama vows he won’t be the last leader of Tibetan Buddhism
Jimin, Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, V, Jin, and SUGA of the K-pop boy band BTS visit the "Today" Show at Rockefeller Plaza in New York on February 21, 2020.
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K-pop superstars BTS announce end of hiatus with a new album and world tour in 2026
PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, arrives at the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at PyeongChang Olympic Stadium on February 9, 2018, in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea. (Photo by Patrick Semansky /Getty Images)
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Rescue workers look for survivors after an explosion and fire at a chemical factory, in Sangareddy, in the southern state of Telangana, India, June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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At least 39 killed in fire at Indian pharmaceutical factory
Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra walks through the Government House after a cabinet meeting in Bangkok on July 1, 2025.
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Thailand’s prime minister suspended over leaked phone call with former strongman
The Dalai Lama addresses journalists at his hotel in London on May 23, 2008. Prime Minister Gordon Brown held "very warm and constructive" talks with the Dalai Lama Friday, his office said, pledging Britain's full support towards a rapprochement between Tibet and China. The 25-minute meeting -- held at the Archbishop of Canterbury's official residence on the south bank of the River Thames in London -- was the most contentious part of an 11-day visit by the Tibetan spiritual leader. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)
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Chan Po-ying, Chair of Hong Kong’s League of Social Democrats, along with party members, hosts a press conference to announce the party’s dissolution amid China’s national security law Sunday in Hong Kong.
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The last Hong Kong pro-democracy party that held street protests disbands

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Justice Department says 2 Chinese nationals charged with spying inside the US for Beijing
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Shubhanshu Shukla waves before departing to pad 39A for a launch to the International Space Station at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
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‘Aspirations of 1.4 billion’: India celebrates as first International Space Station mission gets underway
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Briefing Room at the White House on June 27, 2025.
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Trump warns ‘spoiled’ Japan may not get a US trade deal
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Flags of Russia and North Korea are seen fixed on a lamp post on Russky island in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 23, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will "soon" visit Russia for his first summit with President Vladimir Putin, North Korea's official KCNA news service reported Tuesday, confirming a Kremlin announcement. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office and views the Rose Garden construction before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on June 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is traveling to Bedminster, New Jersey.
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Pakistan nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, praising ‘stellar statesmanship’
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Two soldiers train their 30 caliber machine gun on Communist positions on the western front, during the Korean War, July 1952. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
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Southeast Asia

Vietnamese garment factory workers stitch apparel at a factory in Ho Chi Minh City.
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Trump announces a US trade deal with Vietnam
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Vietnam to remove death penalty for embezzlement, sparing tycoon’s life
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