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Severe storm strikes Dongfang in Southern China
Typhoon Wutip hits Hainan in China after suddenly changing course

BEIJING, China: A typhoon altered its course and struck Hainan Island, southern China, late on the night of June 13. Typhoon Wutip...

Japan celebrates new sumo grand champion
Onosato becomes first Japanese sumo yokozuna Since 2017

TOKYO, Japan: Japan has a new top sumo wrestler — and he's Japanese. Onosato, who weighs 191 kilograms (421 pounds), has become a yokozuna,...

Fire contained in building near Seoul’s Jogye temple, treasures spared
Fire near South Korea's Jogye temple contained, treasures spared

SEOUL, South Korea: A fire broke out this week in a building near the historic Jogye Buddhist temple in Seoul. The building holds some...

KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-XI JINPING-SEE-OFF
KAZAKHSTAN-ASTANA-XI JINPING-SEE-OFF

(250618) -- ASTANA, June 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping leaves for Beijing after attending the second China-Central...

(Hello Africa) How spark of Chinese Juncao ignites "open-source" transformation for Tanzanian youth
(Hello Africa) How spark of Chinese Juncao ignites "open-source" transformation for Tanzanian youth

Joel Bisoma, a 29-year-old Tanzanian, established a company after discovering the potential of Juncao -- a Chinese-developed technology...

South Korea strengthens economic ties with US to have China-free supply chain
South Korea strengthens economic ties with US to have China-free supply chain

Seoul [South Korea], June 18 (ANI): South Korea is actively pursuing 'China-free' supply chains by strengthening its economic ties...

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State Dept memo outlines plan to widen Trump travel ban
Trump may expand U.S. travel ban to 36 more countries: memo

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Trump administration is weighing a major expansion of its travel restrictions, with a new internal memo revealing...

Boeing trims long-term jet outlook ahead of Paris Airshow
Boeing lowers jet forecast despite 40% rise in travel by 2030

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Virginia: As global air travel continues its recovery from the pandemic, Boeing has released a tempered 20-year outlook...

Wall Street rattled by hawkish Trump comments on Iran
U.S. markets destabilized by Trump threats to Iran

NEW YORK, New York - U.,S. stocks closed lower Tuesday as President Donald Trump hinted the United States may join Israel in its attacks...

Meta buys 49 percent of Scale AI, brings CEO Wang to lead AI efforts
Meta bets on Scale AI CEO Wang in $14B play for AI leadership

MENLO PARK, California: Meta Platforms has made a bold move to accelerate its artificial intelligence ambitions—by investing US$14.3...

Nippon Steel deal requires US security agreement
Trump signs order backing Nippon Steel's US investment

WASHINGTON, D.C.: This week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that facilitates Nippon Steel's potential investment...

Spotify, Discord disrupted by brief Google service glitch
Google resolves global outage affecting major platforms

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: On June 12, Google announced that it had fixed a temporary global service disruption that impacted several...

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Movie Review
That Obscure Object of Desire (Cet obscur objet du désir) [Blu-Ray]