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U.S. Military Joins The Search For Thai Children Trapped In A Flooded Cave

British cave-diver John Volanthen walks out of the flooded Tham Luang cave on Thursday. Rescue teams in Thailand have been working around the clock to save 12 boys and their soccer coach who went missing Saturday evening. Linh Pham/Getty Images hide caption

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U.S. Military Joins The Search For Thai Children Trapped In A Flooded Cave

The 12 boys and their soccer coach went missing Saturday evening. Incessant rains prevented rescue crews from reaching a deep chamber where authorities believe the group is.

Opinion: What I Learned From Long Months Of North Korea Talks

The portraits of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung (left) and Kim Jong Il are displayed in Kim Il Sung square in central Pyongyang. A succession of rulers have held talks with U.S. officials. Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: What I Learned From Long Months Of North Korea Talks

Former State Department official Joel Wit has taken part in U.S. negotiations with North Korea for 25 years. Here are some key tips for the Trump administration.

After A Stop In China, Defense Secretary Mattis Heads To South Korea

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Seoul, where he's expected to discuss the drawdown of military exercises with South Korea, and the repatriation of the remains of U.S. soldiers from the Korean War.

After A Stop In China, Defense Secretary Mattis Heads To South Korea

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China Sentences Former Ball State Linebacker Wendell Brown To 4 Years Over Bar Fight

Ball State linebacker Wendell Brown (left) and cornerback Trey Buice react near the end of an NCAA college football game in Muncie, Ind., in 2008. Brown, who was arrested two years ago in China, has been sentenced to 4 years in prison. Darron Cummings/AP hide caption

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China Sentences Former Ball State Linebacker Wendell Brown To 4 Years Over Bar Fight

The former college athlete who went on to play for the Canadian Football League and an Austrian football team, was helping coach a team in Chongqing at the time of the 2016 incident.

Japan's Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Arrives At Its Asteroid Destination

Asteroid Ryugu, photographed on June 26 by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, was the Japanese mission's destination. The craft will travel alongside the asteroid for 18 months. JAXA, University of Tokyo and collaborators hide caption

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Japan's Hayabusa2 Spacecraft Arrives At Its Asteroid Destination

The mission includes a plan to bring a sample back to Earth. It's the first time humans have been able to study a C-type asteroid at such a close range for an extended period.

Politics

Trump Officials Deny Plans To Restrict China's U.S. Tech Investments

Noel King talks to Robert Daly of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars about China's plan to dominate several high-tech industries in the coming years.

Trump Officials Deny Plans To Restrict China's U.S. Tech Investments

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Divers Search Flooded Cave In Thailand For 12 Missing Boys And Their Soccer Coach

Rescue teams in Thailand gather in a cave where a group of boys and their soccer coach went missing on Saturday afternoon. Despite heavy rains that have obstructed searches, officials believe they are still alive. Krit Promsakla Na Sakolnakorn/AP hide caption

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Divers Search Flooded Cave In Thailand For 12 Missing Boys And Their Soccer Coach

They are thought to have entered the sprawling cave complex in Chiang Rai province on Saturday. Despite multiple failed search attempts, authorities remain hopeful they are still alive.

During World Cup Break Water Surges In Tokyo 24 Percent

Anybody near a TV might figure out why. It was halftime in Russia of Japan's dramatic 2-1 win against Colombia. The water surge apparently reflected millions of viewers simultaneously flushing.

During World Cup Break Water Surges In Tokyo 24 Percent

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Long-Extinct Gibbon Found Inside Tomb Of Chinese Emperor's Grandmother

The northern white-cheeked gibbon is a critically endangered ape native to China, Vietnam and Laos. Scientists have discovered a new species of gibbon, now extinct, that lived in China as recently as 2,200 years ago. Joachim S. Müller/Flickr hide caption

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Animals

Long-Extinct Gibbon Found Inside Tomb Of Chinese Emperor's Grandmother

A Chinese tomb has turned up evidence of a new species of long-extinct ape. The gibbon, called Junzi imperialis, lived and died alongside its imperial human caretaker.

Rohingya Crisis Is Making Some In Myanmar Rethink Their Views Of Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 73rd birthday with members of her National League for Democracy party at the parliament building in Naypyitaw, Myanmar on Tuesday. Aung Shine Oo/AP hide caption

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Rohingya Crisis Is Making Some In Myanmar Rethink Their Views Of Aung San Suu Kyi

"All this likeness of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi, it's all make-believe," says the director of a civic organization in Yangon. "And now we know the real Aung San Suu Kyi."

Rohingya Crisis Is Making Some In Myanmar Rethink Their Views Of Aung San Suu Kyi

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Aung San Suu Kyi Faces Mounting Criticism Abroad Over Rohingya Crisis

Once hailed as a human rights standard-bearer, Suu Kyi is criticized internationally for her inaction in the ethnic cleansing of Rohingyas in Myanmar. Nearly a million of them escaped to Bangladesh.

Aung San Suu Kyi Faces Mounting Criticism Abroad Over Rohingya Crisis

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Got Lobster? Trump's Steel Tariffs Threaten Trap Industry

The steel used to build lobster traps like these, stacked up outside a fish market on Martha's Vineyard, is getting pricier, thanks to new tariffs. John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption

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Got Lobster? Trump's Steel Tariffs Threaten Trap Industry

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The factory that makes wire mesh used in the majority of North American lobster traps says steel tariffs will spike the cost of their product, and lobstermen will bear the brunt of the higher prices.

Got Lobster? Trump's Steel Tariffs Threaten Trap Industry

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'Born Independent,' Taiwan's Defiant New Generation Is Coming Of Age

Vocalist Freddy Lim of Taiwanese metal group Chthonic performing at Download Festival in Leicestershire, England, in 2013. Kevin Nixon/Metal Hammer Magazine/Future Publishing via Getty Images hide caption

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'Born Independent,' Taiwan's Defiant New Generation Is Coming Of Age

Much of Taiwan's older generation sees itself as exiles from China. Younger people, including a metal vocalist-turned-legislator, identify the island as home — a free society independent from China.

'Born Independent,' Taiwan's Defiant New Generation Is Coming Of Age

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