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President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen during an Oval Office meeting at the White House on July 16.

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  • National Security

State Dept. cuts China experts as administration says countering Beijing top priority

The State Department has shuttered the team involved in South China Sea security, getting rid of top experts on the subject at a time when the administration says security in the region is a priority.

July 24, 2025
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By:
  • Kat Lonsdorf and
  • Tom Bowman
In this July, 2025, photo released by the Royal Thai Army, Thai soldiers inspect a border area in Ubon Ratchathani† province where the Royal Thai Army said two anti-personnel landmines were found.

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  • Asia

Thai and Cambodian soldiers fire at each other in disputed border area

Thai and Cambodian soldiers fired at each other in contested border area Thursday after the nations downgraded their diplomatic relations in a rapidly escalating dispute.

July 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This is a satellite image collected on Nov. 13, 2012, of the Maoniuping Mine, one of China's largest rare earth elements mines, located near Mianning, Sichuan province, China.

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  • World

How China came to rule the world of rare earth elements

The U.S. once controlled the market on rare earth elements, sought after for a range of technologies. But in the last few decades, China has cornered that market and surpassed the U.S.

July 23, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, right, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent before their meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 18, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump announces trade deal with Japan that lowers threatened tariff to 15%

The 15% tax on imported Japanese goods is a meaningful drop from the 25% rate that Trump, in a recent letter to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, said would be levied starting Aug. 1.

July 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Firefighters work at the site of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft that crashed into a school campus shortly after takeoff in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday.

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  • Asia

A Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashes into a school in Dhaka and kills at least 20

The Chinese-made F-7 BGI training jet experienced a "technical malfunction" moments after takeoff before it crashed into a school, according to Bangladesh's military.

July 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Centenarian marathon runner Fauja Singh.

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  • World

Age didn't kill India's beloved centenarian marathon runner. A speeding car did.

Indian marathon runner Fauja Singh was 114 years old when he was killed in a hit-and-run.

July 20, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar and
  • Kusum Arora
Voters fill in their ballots in the upper house election at a polling station Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Tokyo.

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  • World

Exit polls show Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose key election

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters. Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also emerged as a key issue, with a surging right-wing populist party leading the campaign.

July 20, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
This image from a video provided by QDND shows a body being carried on stretcher after a tourist boat capsized in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam on Saturday, July 19, 2025.

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  • Asia

Tourist boat capsizes during a thunderstorm in Vietnam, leaving 34 dead

A boat carrying tourists capsized during a sudden thunderstorm in Vietnam on Saturday afternoon during a sightseeing excursion, killing 34 people.

July 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Asia

How China created a chokehold on the rare earths industry

China has been able to entirely cut off Europe and the U.S. from several critical rare earth metals. How did it develop such a stranglehold on an industry the U.S. once controlled?

July 17, 2025
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  • Emily Feng

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  • World

Greetings from New Delhi, India, where performing monkeys spark delight -- and ambivalence

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

July 16, 2025
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  • Omkar Khandekar
A Bhutanese and American flag are displayed on the desk of a business in Harrisburg, PA on April 16. This is not the first time that Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees have faced questions about citizenship and belonging. Some 30 years ago, they were branded as illegal immigrants by the Bhutanese government and were expelled or forced to flee.

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  • USPS

A refugee deported to Bhutan by the U.S. finds himself stranded and stateless

Once deported to Bhutan, some Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees say they are told to leave. Many have since disappeared, while others are homeless and stateless, according to immigration advocates.

July 16, 2025
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  • Juliana Kim
Bundit Pantarakon, a local businessman and city council member in Mae Sai, Thailand, looks over the Sai River.

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  • Asia

In Myanmar, a rush for rare earth metals is causing a regional environmental disaster

A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns downriver in Thailand, as China's influence in the sector looms large.

July 13, 2025
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  • Michael Sullivan
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, centerm arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

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  • Asia

South Korean court approves new arrest of former President Yoon Suk Yeol

A South Korean court approved the new arrest of former President Yoon on charges related to his imposition of martial law in December. Yoon's lawyers had described the arrest request as excessive.

July 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
The Chenab, one of the three rivers allocated to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty, seen from the riverbank in early June in Punjab province, Pakistan.

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  • World

With Indus Waters Treaty in the balance, Pakistan braces for more water woes

In an unprecedented move, India held the water treaty in abeyance after blaming Pakistan for a deadly attack in April. Pakistan denies involvement in the attack and accuses India of "weaponizing water."

July 08, 2025
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By:
  • Betsy Joles
The MingKwai typewriter's keys enable the typist to find and retrieve Chinese characters.

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  • Asia

How this long-lost Chinese typewriter from the 1940s changed modern computing

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

July 08, 2025
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  • Emily Feng
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