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Could Trump bring Japan’s tiny cars to America?

They’re lean. They’re pint-size. They’re oh so cute.They’re Japan’s beloved kei microcars and trucks. And they have an unlikely new fan: President Donald Trump.Trump calls the cars “really cute” and “sort...

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Beijing evacuates residents, expands storm alert over floods

Rescue workers ride on a front loader as they make their way through a flooded road, in Beijing. — Reuters file photo

S Korea starts removing anti-North loudspeakers

South Korean soldiers dismantle loudspeakers, in Paju. — Reuters

'Unspeakable horror': the attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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Japan's hottest July on record

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Cambodia asks Thailand to release detained soldiers

A cardboard cutout of Royal Thai Army soldier Teerayuth Krajangthong, who died during clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in Sisaket province, is seen during funeral rites at a Buddhist temple in the Thai border province of Buriram. - AFP

Japan lifts tsunami advisory after Russia quake

People leave the beachside area at Inage Seaside Park after much of coastal Japan went on tsunami alert following an 8.8-magnitude quake in the sea off eastern Russia, along Tokyo Bay in Chiba City, Chiba prefecture. - AFP

Myanmar junta ends emergency in election run-up

Members of Myanmar's Union Election Commission during a demonstration of voting machines to be used in future elections in Yangon. - AFP

Plans to retrieve Dahlmeier's body abandoned

Marina Eva (2R), mountaineering partner of German Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier, speaks during a press conference along with the rescue team members in Skardu in Pakistan's mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan region on July 31, 2025. Germany's two-time Olympic biathlon gold medallist Laura Dahlmeier was confirmed dead at age 31, after being hit by falling rocks on a Pakistani mountain. — AFP

Thailand, Cambodia trade allegations of truce break

Military attaches and diplomats from 13 countries observe the implementation of the Cambodia-Thailand ceasefire in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province. — AFP

Prosecutors seek new warrant to question Yoon

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Powerful quake in Russia's far east causes tsunami

. A powerful 8.7 magnitude earthquake off Russia's far east has prompted tsunami alerts across parts of the Pacific including Japan, Hawaii, Russia and Ecuador, and warnings along the California coast,

Guns fall silent on Thai, Cambodia border for truce

Armoured personnel carriers (APC) are seen on a road near Thailand-Cambodia's border in Sisaket province. — Reuters

Heavy rain, landslides kill over 30 in northern China

A drone view shows partially submerged village houses and other buildings in Miyun. — Reuters

'Absolute madness': Thailand's pet lion problem

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Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire after five days of fighting

Malaysia's Prime Minister Ibrahim, Cambodia's Prime Minister Manet and Thailand's acting Prime Minister Wechayachai take part in mediation talks, in Putrajaya. — Reuters
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