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This file photo shows European Union flags flying outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium November 8, 2023. — Reuters pic

EU presses China to stop ‘harming European security’

This photo taken on June 28, 2025 shows visitors stopping to take a photo of the Atomic Bomb Dome in the centre of Hiroshima, Hiroshima prefecture. — AFP pic

‘He does not understand the reality’: Hiroshima mayor slams Trump for likening Iran strike to atomic bombings

Smoke rises from the area of an electrical substation, with a control tower from the Heathrow International Airport on the background, after a fire there wiped out the power at the airport, in Hayes, London, Britain, in this file picture dated March 21, 2025. — Reuters pic

Heathrow shutdown fire tied to National Grid failures, UK report finds

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian addresses via a videolink a meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council, held at the Independence Palace in Minsk, on June 27, 2025. Pezeshkian announced on Wednesday the suspension of his country’s cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the official Press TV and Mehr news agency reported. — AFP pic

Iran suspends cooperation with UN nuclear watchdog, escalating post-conflict tensions

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama addresses via a video message at the inaugural session at the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference at the Dalai Lama Library and Archive near Tsuglagkhang, also known as Dalai Lama’s Temple complex, in the northern hill town of Dharamshala, India, July 2, 2025. — Reuters pic

Dalai Lama: Only my Trust can decide my successor, not China

Police said on Tuesday they had arrested and charged in May a 26-year-old childcare worker from the state of Victoria, whom they identified as Joshua Brown, with the offences involving eight victims aged from five months to two years. — Reuters file pic

Australia to tighten childcare laws after Melbourne worker charged with child sex offences

A referendum aimed at elevating the rights of Indigenous Australians has instead triggered a torrent of racist slurs and abuse, with toxic debate spreading online and in the media. A truth-telling inquiry in Victoria today concluded that European settlers carried out acts of genocide against Australia’s Indigenous people, urging the government to provide redress, including financial compensation. — AFP pic

Australian inquiry: European settlers committed genocide against Indigenous people, calls for redress

In a 52-page decision, US District Judge Ann Donnelly in Brooklyn found sufficient allegations in the 16-count indictment that Huawei engaged in racketeering to expand its brand, stole trade secrets from six companies, and committed bank fraud. — Reuters pic

Huawei must stand trial in US on tech theft, Iran charges, judge rules

The barge Adam Marine 12 sank on Tuesday night, the health ministry said, without providing details of the cause of the capsizing. — Picture from social media

Egypt says four dead, 22 injured after oil barge capsizes in Gulf of Suez

Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stand together at the start of their meeting of the Indo-Pacific Quad at the State Department in Washington, DC, July 1, 2025. — Reuters pic

Quad launches minerals initiative to curb China’s grip on critical supplies

 Soldiers from the ‘Black Sky’ battalion of the Spartan brigade carry an agricultural drone, transformed into a front-line delivery cargo, in a field during a demonstration for AFP, at an undisclosed location, not far from the front line, in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, on June 14, 2025. — AFP pic

US holds back weapons pledged to Ukraine, citing low stocks and shifting priorities

Thailand’s acting PM set for one-day tenure amid Paetongtarn suspension, cabinet shake-up

The sun rises by the Eiffel Tower in Paris on July 1, 2025, as the city is on red alert for high temperatures, with the top of the Eiffel Tower shut, polluting traffic banned and speed restrictions in place as a searing heatwave gripped Europe. — AFP pic

Europe sizzles as early heatwave breaks records, shuts schools and monuments

Yuance Chen, 38, and Liren Lai, 39, face charges of acting as agents of the Chinese government and a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison if convicted, the department said. — AFP pic

US arrests two Chinese nationals over alleged plot to infiltrate Navy, pass secrets to Beijing

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to the press next to US Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) after the Senate passes US President Donald Trump’s sweeping spending and tax bill, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, July 1, 2025. — Reuters pic

Trump’s massive spending bill clears Senate by razor-thin margin, heads to House

British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, speaks during a reception for public sector workers at 10 Downing Street, in London, England July 1, 2025. — Reuters pic

UK government waters down welfare cuts to dodge Labour rebellion, pass key vote