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Structure damaged

Three injured as ship crashes into Moselle lock near Cochem

US President Donald Trump (left) is relying on Speaker Mike Johnson (right) to shepherd his signature bill through the House

Success far from guaranteed

Trump tax bill stalled by Republican rebellion in Congress

China's top diplomat Wang Yi (L) held talks in Brussels ahead of a leaders' summit later this month

Strained security relationship

China, EU should not 'seek confrontation': FM Wang

Phumtham Wechayachai has held the defence and commerce portfolios, and had a previous spell as acting prime minister

Capping a colourful career

'Big Comrade': Former defence chief takes reins as Thai PM

Moscow revelled in the decision, saying it could bring the end of the war closer

Caught off-guard

Ukraine scrambling for clarity as US downplays halt to arms shipments

A handout picture shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian giving an address in Tehran

Iran ends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog after Israel, US strikes

Support for same-sex marriage in Hong Kong has grown over the past decade and hit 60 percent in 2023, according to a survey conducted jointly by three universities

New policy paper

Hong Kong govt proposes limited recognition of same-sex couples' rights

Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th reincarnation of the Dalai Lama, according to his followers

600-year-old Tibetan spiritual institution

Dalai Lama says he will have successor after his death

The US is halting some shipments of military aid to Ukraine

Munitions, air defence systems

US halting some shipments of military aid to Ukraine

The Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area has been a pet project of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

North Korea opens massive beach resort: state media

Thai transport minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit is set to be acting prime minister for just one day before being replaced in a cabinet reshuffle

Cabinet reshuffle

Thai veteran politician set for single day as acting PM

Morning Roundup

Southern Luxembourg faces red heat alert, Frieden and Merz discuss border checks, and Women's Euros begin

Locals in the Philippines' Palawan hope a moratorium will stop a nickel mining boom

Effects 'undeniable'

Philippines biodiversity hotspot pushes back on mining

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) poses for a group picture with (L to R) Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya

Australia, India, and Japan

US, Japan, India, Australia pledge mineral cooperation on China jitters

This screenshot of a handout video released by the Mexican government shows the moment Ovidio Guzman was arrested on October 17, 2019

Court documents show

Son of kingpin 'El Chapo' to plead guilty to drug trafficking in US

'Israel has agreed'

Trump urges 60-day Gaza ceasefire deal ahead of Netanyahu visit

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) urged Russia's Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine 'as soon as possible'

Macron, Putin discuss Iran, Ukraine in first talks since 2022

Israeli troops deployed at the border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, as the military announced it had expanded its campaign in the territory

Residents reported fierce gunfire

Israel expands Gaza campaign ahead of Netanyahu's US visit

US President President Donald Trump tours a migrant detention center, dubbed

Harsh immigration crackdown

Trump hails new 'Alligator Alcatraz' migrant detention center

Karol Nawrocki, backed by the Law and Justice party, scored 51 percent of votes to win the June 1 runoff election

Despite numerous appeals

Polish supreme court ratifies nationalist's presidential vote win

The cafe was known before the war for welcoming young professionals and even the few foreigners who were able to visit Gaza

Once a bustling seafront spot

Gaza mourns those killed in Israeli strike on seafront cafe

A Burundian government official speaks with newly arrived Congolese refugees while weighing a sack of rice from the final batches delivered by the now-dismantled United States Agency for International Development

Despite prediction of millions dying

Rubio hails end of USAID as Bush, Obama deplore cost in lives

No casualties reported

Overnight fire erupts in Metz residential neighbourhood

Former nurse Lucy Letby was charged in 2020 following a string of baby deaths at her hospital's neo-natal unit

Manslaughter arrests

UK arrests three in Lucy Letby hospital probe

PM Luc Frieden in Berlin

Proposal for future joint inland controls to be conducted by German and Luxembourg police

Russia has escalated its aerial bombardments even as it attends peace talks with Ukraine

Air defences stretched thin

Russia ramps up drone strikes on Ukraine in June: AFP analysis

Hong Kong marked the 28th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule, although critics decried the use of a

1997 governance model

Hong Kong rights record under fire as it marks China handover anniversary

Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra took power less than a year ago

Risking suspension

Thailand's PM suspended by Constitutional Court

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