China launches third crewed mission to new space station

China launched another manned mission to its new space station on Sunday, carrying three astronauts who will continue construction of the station for six months.
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North Korea launches ballistic missile off east coast, South Korea and Japan say

North Korea fired at least one unidentified ballistic missile into the waters off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
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Myanmar junta says democracy activists' death sentences upheld, paving way for first executions in decades

Myanmar's military government said on Friday that appeals by two prominent democracy activists against their death sentences had been rejected, paving the way for the country's first executions in decades.
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Inside the world's largest cave

Life is a journey, not a destination, as the saying goes -- and this summer that's truer than ever, as flight delays and cancellations continue.
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She had to flee Iran. Now she's won best actress at Cannes

When Iranian actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi fled her country in 2006 due to a leaked tape, she thought her career was over. But on Saturday she became the first Iranian to win the best actress award at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
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In Hong Kong, memories of China's Tiananmen Square massacre are being erased

For decades it was a symbol of freedom on Chinese controlled soil: every June 4, come rain or shine, tens of thousands of people would descend on Victoria Park in Hong Kong to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Amid criticism, North Korea takes over as UN disarmament president

North Korea, which is under sanctions for developing nuclear weapons in defiance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions, has taken over as head of a UN body aimed at striking disarmament deals amid scorn from critics.
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