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🇨🇳🇰🇵 Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un reaffirm stronger China–North Korea ties

Xi called for deeper political trust, economic cooperation and strategic coordination, while Kim said relations with China remain a firm strategic choice

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🇮🇷🇮🇱 Fars News reports the Strait of Hormuz has been completely closed amid the ongoing war with Israel

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🇩🇴 Dramatic footage captures the terrifying moment a plane crashes at La Romana Airport in the Dominican Republic

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🇦🇲 Pashinyan wins — but weaker than before

His Civil Contract party took 49.81%, down from nearly 54% in 2021

He keeps power, but falls short of the two-thirds majority needed for major constitutional reforms linked to a possible peace deal with Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Meanwhile, the opposition grows stronger, with three forces entering parliament on a combined 37.23%

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🇨🇳🇰🇵 Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea for his first visit in seven years

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🇵🇭 A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake violently shook Mahayahay Elementary School in the Philippines

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🇮🇷 Iran vows 'crushing' strikes if 🇮🇱 Israel keeps attacking Lebanon

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🇮🇷 Iran launches wave after wave of missiles toward 🇮🇱 Israel

🇺🇸 Trump has been briefed — Axios

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🇺🇸 A reporter confronts Trump over his 'no new wars' promise

Reporter: 'What changed? You insisted there would be no new wars'

Trump says he 'didn’t guarantee' there would be no new war

The reporter fires back: 'But you said it over and over again'

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🇪🇸 Around 1.2 million Spanish Catholics gathered in Madrid for the Pope’s visit to Spain

A massive show of faith in the heart of the country

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🇮🇷 🇲🇽 Iran’s national football team has arrived in Tijuana, Mexico, ahead of the World Cup

Iran’s envoy in Mexico says 15 members of the delegation were denied 🇺🇸 US visas

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🇨🇳 Severe flooding has hit Chongqing, China

Roads have been submerged, businesses forced to close, and residents evacuated as heavy rainfall continues to disrupt the city

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🇦🇲 Armenia votes as parliamentary elections get underway

The force that wins a majority will choose Armenia’s next prime minister

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🇨🇿 Wild scene in Czechia:

A no-rules 2 vs 8 MMA fight just went viral

Two fighters walked in against eight opponents

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🇦🇲 Both PM Nikol Pashinyan and his main rival, Samvel Karapetyan, cast their votes in Armenia’s parliamentary elections

Karapetyan is running on traditional values, support for the Armenian Apostolic Church, and preserving the 🇷🇺 Russia-Armenia alliance

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🇺🇸 Elon Musk says America can lead AI for now

But the real winner will be whoever controls the fabs in 🇹🇼 Taiwan

If 🇨🇳 China controls them, China wins

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🇺🇸🇨🇺 Cuba is reportedly arming civilians as fears of a possible US invasion grow

Officials are even going door to door, asking offices if they will still need their buildings during wartime

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🇮🇶 🇺🇸 Iraqi football star Aymen Hussein was reportedly questioned for 7 hours before being allowed into the US for the World Cup

A player arrives to represent his country — and gets treated like a suspect

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🇨🇳 China is putting AI straight to work

In Inner Mongolia, a major coal mine is now running a fleet of 100 self-driving trucks

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🇦🇲 Huge lines formed at Yerevan airport as Armenians arrived to vote in the elections

Many came from 🇷🇺 Russia to cast their ballots