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French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the nation, in Paris, France, March 5, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a video. France Televisions/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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France to consider protecting European allies with its nuclear arsenal, Macron says
A car hauler drives towards the Ambassador Bridge to Detroit, Michigan from Windsor, Ontario, Canada, March 4, 2025.
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Tariffs on cars from Mexico and Canada delayed by one month
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Iranian singer flogged 74 times after singing about hijab removal, lawyer says
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Lesotho insulted after Trump says nobody has heard of the country
A 40-day boycott against Target over its DEI policies kicks off Wednesday.
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A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company
US President Donald Trump addresses a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol on March 4, 2025.
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Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all hostages, as US holds direct talks with Hamas
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Rare cyclone threatens millions on Australia’s east coast
President Donald Trump is applauded by Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson as he arrives to deliver his address to a joint session of Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4.
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Fact-checking Trump’s address to Congress
A workers walk outside a damaged warehouse after storms moved through Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Lewisville, Texas. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
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Millions in path of deadly storm bringing fierce winds, blizzard conditions and tornado warnings

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China

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This is an undated photo issued by the Metropolitan Police on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 of Zhenhao Zou. Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, 28, who has been found guilty at Inner London Crown Court of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China between 2019 and 2023. (Metropolitan Police via AP)
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Chinese student found guilty in British court of drugging and raping 10 women
US charges Chinese hackers who allegedly caused millions of dollars’ worth of damages
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US firm agrees to buy Panama Canal ports at center of Trump fury
China defies Trump’s trade war by setting ambitious 5% growth target, vows to ‘prevail over any difficulty’

India

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Naga Sadhus take a holy dip at Sangam, confluence of Ganges, Yamuna and mythological Saraswati rivers on the occasion of 'Makar Sankranti' the first royal bathing day of Kumbh Mela on January 14, 2025 in Allahabad, India. Kumbh Mela in 2025 is a Maha Kumbh, which is a significant Hindu festival celebrated once every 144 years at Prayagraj (Allahabad).
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‘You need a bath after the bath’: World’s largest religious gathering wraps up after 600 million devotees take holy dip
Indian teenager alleges rape over five years by nearly 60 schoolmates, neighbors, relatives and strangers
At least 18 dead in crush at New Delhi train station as crowds head for religious festival, Indian media reports
World’s most populous nation saw a ‘staggering’ rise in hate speech last year, report says
Dozens of suspected Maoist rebels killed by security forces in central India

Japan

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A forest fire burns in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, Japan on March 3, 2025.
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Japan fights forest fire that has forced 1,200 people to evacuate
Japan’s 18-year-old prince, second in line to the throne, holds a debut news conference
The world’s smallest park is about the size of four pieces of paper
South Korean police summon Japanese woman for kissing BTS member without consent
Rose Girone, the oldest known Holocaust survivor, has died at age 113

North Korea

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Clothed troublemakers are banned from nudist beaches in Germany
Satellite images show how hundreds of North Korean troops were likely transported to a secluded Russian port
North Korean hackers steal record $1.5 billion in single crypto hack, security firm says
US tourists can’t visit North Korea. This American spent six figures on a second passport so he could travel there
Resort that hosted war-separated families being dismantled by North Korea, Seoul says

Pakistan

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This photo posted to the social media platform X on March 5 by FBI Director Kash Patel shows Mohammad Sharifullah being escorted from a plane by two FBI officers. Editor's note: Portions of the faces of the FBI officers have been obscured by the FBI.
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Trump says US has apprehended ‘top terrorist’ responsible for 2021 Kabul airport bombing
Deadly attack rocks Pakistan military base
Suicide bombing at Pakistan Islamic seminary kills six, including Taliban-linked cleric
Pakistan’s shiny new Balochistan airport is just missing one thing: passengers
This cricket-mad country spent years convincing international teams it was safe to come play. Now the party is in full swing

South Korea

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A woman pushes her child in a stroller past rental bicycles in Seoul on April 26, 2024.
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South Korea’s birth rate rose for the first time in 9 years. Is the world’s lowest fertility rate on the rebound?
Highway overpass collapses, killing at least four construction workers in South Korea
South Korea’s president is fighting to stay in office and out of prison after martial law fiasco. Here’s what happens next
South Korea’s Yoon attends first trial hearing for insurrection
South Korean actor Kim Sae-ron dead at 24

Southeast Asia

An immigration detention center where Uyghur detainees are held in Bangkok, Thailand, seen on January 11, 2025. The detainees say they are facing deportation back to China, where they fear persecution.
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Thailand’s secret deportation of Uyghurs to China a win for Beijing, snub to US
Two men publicly caned for having sex with each other in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh
Philippine police rescue a Chinese student whose finger was cut off by kidnappers
Freed Thai hostages return home to celebrations and spiritual blessings after 15 months in Gaza
US calls out ‘dangerous’ Chinese helicopter maneuvers as tensions rise over South China Sea