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4 killed as ferry with 65 people sinks near Bali; 31 rescued, search on

Nine boats, including two tug boats and two inflatable boats have been searching for the missing people since Wednesday night, battling waves up to 2 metres high in the overnight darkness

Israeli strikes kill 82 in Gaza, including 38 waiting for aid: Officials

Five people were killed around sites associated with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, the newly created, secretive American organization backed by Israel to feed the Gaza Strip's population

State AI law ban dropped from Trump's tax bill after GOP rift over rules

Tech firms, trade groups, VCs, and Trump officials backed a provision to block states from enacting their own AI regulations for years, aiming for unified national oversight

Diddy acquitted of sex trafficking, convicted of lesser charges, no bail

US music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs, who has been in prison since his arrest in September last year, was denied bail, pending sentencing

Earthquake of magnitude 4.1 strikes Myanmar, no casualties reported

As per the NCS, the earthquake happened at a shallow depth of 10km, making it susceptible to aftershocks

House resumes as GOP leaders try to win over holdouts on Trump's tax bill

GOP leadership vowed immediate consideration of the 887-bill, eager to seize on the momentum of its passage the day before in the Senate

Asian shares tick up ahead of US payrolls test; Trump's tax bill in focus

The MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan advanced 0.2 per cent to hover just below a near four-year top. Japan's Nikkei was flat

Wrongly deported from US, Garcia says subjected to torture in El Salvador

Abrego Garcia was living in Maryland when he was mistakenly deported and became a flashpoint in President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown

New US-Vietnam deal risks retaliation from China over Trump tariffs

While the US levy on Vietnam is lower than the 46 per cent initially imposed by President Donald Trump in April, it's double the 10 per cent universal base rate being applied

US June jobs report set to show slow hiring, strain from Trump's policies

Notices of impending layoffs - filed by businesses as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act - jumped by 61 per cent in May, to the highest level since October 2020

Small skydiving plane with 15 on board crashes in New Jersey; no casualties

The skydiving aircraft Cessna 208B overshot the runway at Cross Keys Airport, approximately 33.8 kilometers southeast of Philadelphia. Local administration is calling it a 'mass casualty incident'

New CIA report slams investigation into Russia's support for Trump in 2016

The memo was written on the orders of CIA Director John Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist who spoke out against the Russia investigation as a member of Congress

Trump admin lifts chip design export curbs as part of new China deal

US Commerce Dept has informed one of the world's leading chip design software providers, Germany's Siemens AG, that requirements to seek govt licenses for business in China are no longer in place

Donald and Melania Trump to meet hostage freed from Gaza at White House

Edan Alexander, a soldier, was 19 when militants stormed his base in Israel and dragged him into the Gaza Strip. He moved to Israel in 2022 after finishing high school and enlisted in the military

7 missing in California after warehouse explosion sets off massive blaze

The State Fire Marshal has sent an arson and bomb investigation team, and stands ready to provide additional support as needed

2 killed in Spanish wildfire as extreme heat wave hits parts of Europe

The blaze that broke out late on Tuesday created an enormous thick plume of ash and smoke that rose 14,000 metres into the sky

Columbia student data stolen by politically motivated hacker, says univ

The June 24 cyberattack prompted widespread network outages on campus, locking students and staff out of their email accounts, coursework and video conference software for several hours

Pope Leo XIV's hometown okays childhood home buy, eyes village revival

Cardinal Robert Prevost made history by becoming the first pope from the United States, a stunning decision that Chicagoans celebrated by flocking to churches and sharing memes

Google offers new search tweaks to counter EU antitrust scrutiny: Report

The company, owned by Alphabet, will meet its rivals and the European Commission to discuss its proposals during a July 7-8 workshop in Brussels, the document said

Beijing on alert as US trade deals seek to curb Chinese supply chains

That will hit products with components from China and possibly other nations, which are routed through Vietnam or subject to only minimal final assembly before being exported to the US