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This satellite image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows Typhoon Bavi east of the U.S. Pacific island territory of Guam on Friday, July 3, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

'Super typhoon' Bavi heads for US Pacific islands

By Agence France-Presse - July 4, 2026

FATAL FALL Rescue workers and volunteers cover bodies after recovering them from an overcrowded passenger bus that plunged from a highway into a rocky ravine in Dana Sar, near the border of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces, in southwestern Pakistan on July 3, 2026. AP PHOTO

40 dead after bus plunges into ravine in southwest Pakistan

July 4, 2026

BRACING FOR BAVI Workers secure a gasoline station ahead of the arrival of the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, on July 3, 2026. AFP PHOTO

Projected 'super typhoon' heads for US Pacific islands

July 4, 2026

DEEPENING TIES India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) shakes hands with Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi before their meeting at the Hyderabad House in the Indian capital New Delhi on July 2, 2026. AFP PHOTO

China: Japan-India cooperation 'should not target' Beijing

July 4, 2026

FORMAL WELCOME Presidents Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar (right) and Thongloun Sisoulith of Laos inspect honor guards during a welcoming ceremony in the Laotian capital Vientiane on July 3, 2026. PHOTO FROM MYANMAR’S PRESIDENTIAL PRESS AND INFORMATION BUREAU VIA AFP

Myanmar ex-junta chief makes first Asean visit as civilian leader

July 4, 2026

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The outside of the Supreme Court of New South Wales building is seen in Sydney on October 9, 2013, as the court case continues with Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's children taking their mining mogul mother to court over the multi-billion dollar family trust in a long-running and bitter feud in which she is accused of acting deceitfully. Rinehart's two eldest children, John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart are seeking her removal as head of the trust, set up by her late father Lang Hancock in 1988 and worth at least Aus$5 billion (US$4.7 billion). AFP PHOTO/William WEST (Photo by William WEST / AFP)

Catholic order faces financial ruin over abuse claims

By Agence France-Presse - July 4, 2026

CHIPS SMUGGLING This handout photo from the Taiwan Coast Guard taken on May 20, 2026, and released on May 21 shows pallets of servers made by Super Micro Computer seized by Taiwanese authorities at an undisclosed location. Taiwanese investigators have raided the Taiwan offices of US company Super Micro Computer and two other tech firms, a prosecutor said June 30, as part of an expanded probe into the alleged smuggling of Nvidia AI chips to China. AFP PHOTO

Taiwan detains Super Micro workers

By Agence France-Presse - July 3, 2026

Members of the Japanese parliament vote on the FY2026 supplementary budget inside the National Diet Building on June 5, 2026. PHOTO BY JIJI PRESS/AFP

Japanese women MPs get just two more toilets

By Agence France-Presse - July 3, 2026

ANONYMITY CRACKDOWN This illustration photograph taken on July 2, 2026, shows the new upcoming Usernames feature on US instant messaging software WhatsApp, displayed on a smartphone with the backdrop of India’s national flag in New Delhi. AFP PHOTO

India tells WhatsApp: Halt usernames rollout

By Agence France-Presse - July 3, 2026

Lee Geon Hui looks at a computer screen as a video clip shows a digital likeness of his late grandfather speaking at Seoul-based tech firm Vaice, South Korea, Friday, June 12, 2026. AP PHOTO

Koreans seek comfort in AI videos of deceased loved ones

By Associated Press - July 3, 2026

Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle (center), special envoy of Pope Leo XIV, attends the beatification mass for the late Vietnamese Catholic priest Francis Xavier Truong Buu Diep at the Tac Say Pilgrimage Center in Ca Mau province in southern Vietnam on July 2, 2026. AFP PHOTO

Papal envoy presides over first Vietnam beatification rite

By Agence France-Presse - July 3, 2026

GUILTY Nadiem Makarim, Indonesia's former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing company Gojek, stands as the judge enters at his verdict hearing at the Central Jakarta District Court on June 30, 2026. AFP Photo

Indonesia court hands tech icon 10 years in jail for graft

By Agence France-Presse - July 2, 2026

DECEMBER DEAD Mourners grieve as bodies are laid out at a cemetery before their burial following a deadly military air strike at a hospital in Mrauk U in Rakhine state, western Myanmar, on Dec. 11, 2025. AFP FILE PHOTO

Myanmar post-coup conflict death toll exceeds 100,000

By Agence France-Presse - July 2, 2026

STILL GOING STRONG China’s President Xi Jinping applauds during a ceremony to mark the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party at the Great Hall of the People in the capital Beijing on July 1, 2026. AP PHOTO

Xi vows to strengthen China’s military

By Agence France-Presse - July 2, 2026

TAKEN TOO SOON Women mourn around the bodies of their children, who were killed in a tutorial center roof collapse on June 30, 2026, on the outskirts of the city of Lahore, eastern Pakistan, on July 1, 2026. AP PHOTO

14 kids killed in tutoring center roof collapse mourned

By Associated Press - July 2, 2026

The Taiwan flag at Liberty Square in Taipei, Taiwan on July 2, 2025. EPA/RITCHIE B. TONGO

Taiwan: China’s ethnic unity law a threat

By Agence France-Presse - July 2, 2026

This picture taken on November 5, 2025 shows Hiro Yamamoto, CEO of company Enactic, tele-operating an OpenArm humanoid robotic arm at his office during an interview with AFP, in Tokyo. A pair of swivelling, human-like robotic arms, built for physical artificial intelligence research, mirror the motions of an operator in a VR headset twirling his hands like a magician. Welcome to the future of AI as it starts to infiltrate the material world in the form of smart robots, self-driving cars and other autonomous machines. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH: JAPAN-CHINA-TECHNOLOGY-AI-ROBOTS, FOCUS BY KATIE FORSTER, WITH LUNA LIN IN GUANGZHOU

Japan plans sovereign AI model, 10M AI robots

By Agence France-Presse - July 2, 2026

epa10882693 President of Palau Surangel Whipps Jr. poses for a picture after arriving for the US-Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) summit at the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 25 September 2023. US President Joe Biden hosts the US-Pacific Islands Forum to gather with leaders to discuss regional priorities such as 'tackling the climate crisis' and 'advancing economic growth,' according to the White House. Biden will also establish diplomatic relations with two South Pacific nations, Cook Islands and Niue. EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS

US deports first migrant to Pacific nation Palau

By Agence France-Presse - July 1, 2026

FACING LIFETIME BAN Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of Thailand's opposition People's Party, during a press conference alongside fellow MPs accused of proposing amendments to the lese-majeste law, in Bangkok on April 24, 2026. AFP Photo

Thai opposition leader goes on trial over royal insult law

By Agence France-Presse - July 1, 2026

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Lai warns cadets against China's spy network

By Reuters - July 1, 2026

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