Typhoon Wipha Pounds Hong Kong and Macau With Rain and Wind

The tropical cyclone was expected to make landfall in mainland China later on Sunday with winds equivalent to those of a Category 2 Atlantic hurricane.

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At Least 28 Dead After Tourist Boat Capsizes in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay

The boat, carrying 48 passengers and five crew members, was on a sightseeing tour of Ha Long Bay when a sudden storm caused it to overturn, state media said. At least 10 people were rescued.

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Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Trump Tariffs Aim to Settle Scores With Countries, No Matter How Small

The president’s tariff announcements suggest he has not backed away from his initial strategy, where even minor trading partners will face tariffs.

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What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View

The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

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Trump’s New Trade Threats Set Off Global Scramble to Avoid Tariffs

Many countries thought they were negotiating in good faith. The White House renewed its “reciprocal” tariff plan anyway, giving countries until Aug. 1 to make offers.

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New Deadlines, New Letters — Same Tariff Uncertainty

The Trump administration is keen to strike deals as it dangles an extension to trading partners. But it’s also issuing threats to some of them.

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How New DNA Science Could Help More Families of the Missing

Emerging methods are improving the ability to identify even highly degraded human remains.

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Vietnam Aches for Its M.I.A.’s. Will America Stop Funding Science to Identify Them?

New breakthroughs in DNA analysis offer a chance to identify more of the lost from wars and disasters stretching back decades — if the U.S. helps.

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Trump Wants the World to Squeeze Out China. He’s Starting With Vietnam.

An initial trade deal with Vietnam offers a glimpse of how President Trump is pushing countries to cut back on trade with China.

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