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Thai rescue divers and a tourist police boat conduct a search mission for missing passengers from a capsized tourist boat off Phuket, Thailand, on Saturday.

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Death Toll In Thai Tourist Boat Sinking Rises To 41 As Search Efforts Continue

2:46pm July 07, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

Thai officials said on Saturday that 15 people are still missing from the wreckage of a tourist boat that capsized and sunk on Thursday off the coast of Phuket island.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters following two days of meetings with a North Korean senior ruling party official, before departing Pyongyang, North Korea, on Saturday. Pompeo did not meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korea Slams U.S. Talks As 'Regrettable' After Pompeo Called Them 'Productive'

12:14pm July 07, 2018

by Samantha Raphelson

The two countries had different takes on meetings intended to follow up on a denuclearization agreement signed last month by President Trump and Kim Jong Un.

Lloyd Woo, a dive master in Rabaul, and his team pull away from the beach in their boat, after wrapping up a day of scuba diving.

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Searching For The Past In The World War II Wrecks Of Papua New Guinea

9:00am July 07, 2018

by Durrie Bouscaren

The wrecks of World War II-era aircraft have become popular tourist sites, attracting divers, history buffs and visitors simply looking to find puzzle pieces from family members' pasts.

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Pompeo Meets With North Koreans Over Nuclear Program

8:07am July 07, 2018

by Elise Hu

The meetings happened amid growing concern North Korea is not taking steps toward denuclearization — and uncertainty as to what each side meant when they committed to it.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, photographed in May, told reporters on Thursday, "I do not feel that I acted inappropriately in any way but I respect the fact that someone else might have experienced that differently," amid an allegation of gropin

'I Did Not Act Inappropriately,' Justin Trudeau Says Amid Groping Allegation

11:18pm July 06, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The accusation is nearly two decades old. The Canadian prime minister said Thursday that he apologized "in the moment" but that "the same interactions can be felt very differently" by people involved.

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The Deadly Novichok Nerve Agent: What Is It?

8:41pm July 06, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to environmental toxicology professor Alastair Hay about the nerve agent that poisoned two people, four months after it poisoned a former Russian spy and his daughter.

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A firefighter works to extinguish a burning vehicle in Nantes, France, on Tuesday. Days of unrest have plagued the city after a police officer fatally shot a motorist at a checkpoint.

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Nights Of Unrest, Torched Cars, After Fatal Shooting By Police In Nantes, France

7:58pm July 06, 2018

by Amy Held

The police officer, who shot the motorist at a checkpoint on Tuesday, has changed his story about the circumstances of the incident. On Friday he was charged with manslaughter.

China, U.S. Plunge Into Trade War

6:50pm July 06, 2018

by Jim Zarroli

The U.S. has imposed 25 percent tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, including electronics and engine parts. China retaliated with tariffs of equal amount on American agricultural products.

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GOP Senators Spend Independence Day In Moscow

6:44pm July 06, 2018

A group of Republican senators visited Moscow to deliver a warning to Russian President Vladimir Putin not to meddle in midterm elections. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.).

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Refugees Flee As Syria Targets Rebel Stronghold Daraa

5:56pm July 06, 2018

In the past two weeks, the Syrian regime has been attacking one of the area's last rebel-held areas. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Norwegian Refugee Council's policy advisor on Syria, Rachel Sider.

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