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Dear You – the Chinese migration film igniting a propaganda debate in Southeast Asia

In less than two months, the indie film Dear You has become an unlikely mass hit.
Shot in the Teochew language from the Chaoshan region of southern China’s Guangdong province, the movie follows a man uncovering his family’s past by tracing remittance letters sent home from Thailand.
As he pieces together his grandfather’s life story, the movie also explores Chinese migration to the region and the diaspora’s struggle to preserve its heritage.
In one scene, an elderly schoolmaster risks arrest in…

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Iran-US war latest: Deal to be signed on Sunday, Trump says as he warns of ‘ultimate alternative’ if talks fail

Trump says peace deal ‘scheduled to get signed tomorrow’ and Hormuz to ‘open to all’Donald Trump has said the peace deal with Iran is scheduled “to be signed tomorrow” in a post online, claiming the Strait of Hormuz will then be “OPEN TO ALL”.
He added that the administration’s “relationship with Iran is a much different and better one than previous Administrations have had”.
The US president ended his post on a sinister note as he warned there is the “ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again” if process does not work “smoothly”.
Pakistani prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said on Saturday that the US and Iran ⁠have ​agreed to a ⁠framework for a ⁠peace deal ​that would ⁠end ‌the months-long conflict in the Middle ‌East, with a ‌final text of the ⁠deal reached.
It had been reported that Trump is scrambling to secure a peace deal with Iran before the G7 summit with world leaders on Monday.
Iran has said a peace deal has never been closer, yet several contradictory statements h..

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Asylum seeker’s death ruled a homicide after she was found dead in Pittsburgh bus shelter following release by ICE

The death of a Haitian asylum seeker whose body was found days after she was released from ICE custody has been ruled a homicide.
Maintenance works found Daphy Michel, 31, lying on the ground in a bus shelter, alone and unresponsive, on the morning of March 2, three days after she was released from an ICE office in Pittsburgh.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's Office found that she died of hypothermia and it ruled the manner a homicide, “indicating the death was caused by the actions of another individual.”
An attorney representing her family said he expects her relatives to sue Immigration and Customs Enforcement in connection with her death.
Michel was a native of Haiti who was seeking asylum in the U.S. after arriving at the southern border in 2022, said Joseph Patrick Murphy, her family's attorney. She was granted humanitarian parole based on urgent humanitarian need, but she did not live to see a hearing scheduled for two weeks after she died, he said.
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Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday as Tehran casts doubt on timing

Trump says US-Iran deal to be signed on Sunday as Tehran casts doubt on timing3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJaroslav LukivReutersIsrael carries out air strikes on Lebanon, state media says, as Iran claims deal with US nearThree ships attacked by the US in three days: What we knowBowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East – now they risk a permacrisisIranDonald TrumpIran warUnited StatesMiddle East

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Trump says deal to end war to be signed on Sunday, but Iran questions timing

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that an initial deal to end the war in the Middle East would be signed on Sunday, although Iran denied the signing would take place so soon.
Trump added in a social media post that the Strait of Hormuz, a ‌vital artery for global oil supplies that Iran has blocked, would be immediately “open to all” after the deal is signed.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said the two sides had agreed on a framework for a peace deal and that Islamabad was…

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Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million

Switzerland to vote on plan to cap population at 10 million10 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleImogen FoulkesBern, SwitzerlandReutersNo-campaign posters feature Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, warning against “breaking with Europe”A yes-vote poster paints the planned cap (L) as a way of protecting Switzerland, but opponents call it a “chaos initiative”Swiss reject right-wing plan to cut licence fee for public broadcasterSwitzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz 'Angel of Death' MengeleSwiss voters reject key climate change measuresSwitzerlandMigrationPopulation growthEurope

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Benjamin Gorman puts Bricks & Minifigs inventory mystery under spotlight amid viral Coffeezilla LEGO controversy

Benjamin Gorman puts Bricks & Minifigs inventory mystery under spotlight amid viral Coffeezilla LEGO controversy (Image via Getty) Benjamin Gorman says one missing document could become one of the most important pieces in the growing Bricks & Minifigs dispute. The former Salem, Oregon franchise owner claims Bricks & Minifigs (BAM) never provided a full inventory list after taking control of the store, despite allegedly promising one. His comments come as the case continues to draw attention online following investigations by YouTubers Reckless Ben and Coffeezilla.The dispute first gained attention through questions surrounding a Star Wars LEGO collection consigned by Bryan Mansell and his father. Coffeezilla later reviewed the case and suggested that the amount of LEGO still missing may be much lower than many people initially believed. At the same time, he said Mansell could still be owed significant money from sales that were allegedly not properly paid out. Now, Gorman and former co..

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Retired US soldier’s Honduran wife detained by ICE in Texas; DHS says nothing wrong, she never came legally

ICE detained the Honduran wife of a retired US Army soldier in Texas. The Honduran wife of a US veteran was detained from her scheuled immigration appointment in Dallas, Texas, making this the third case of a military spouse getting arrested by ICE in recent months. Arelys Barahona Martinez is originally from Honduras and first crossed the US border in 2005. She later left the US and returned in 2018. She did not come legally either of the time and the DHS confirmed the arrest and said there has been nothing wrong in the arrest as she is an illegal. But her family said she was in the middle of an appeal. “I just don't understand, we have a family here, and they're breaking us up,” her husband, retired Staff Sergeant Wilmer Trujillo, told the BBC. “They're breaking my family up. She's my backbone.”They got married in 2020. While Barahona Martinez has a 20-year-old son from her previous marriage, Trujillo has two daughters from his previous marriage. Barahona Martinez..

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High School grad who was given a 2 percent chance of survival at birth dies in car wreck on way to summer job

A young woman in Texas who doctors said had a two percent chance to survive at birth was killed in a car crash on the way to her new summer job.
Makynna Tumlinson, 18, died in a car crash on Highway 11 while she was on her way to start a summer job on June 3.
Stephanie Tumlinson, her mother, told KXII that she and her daughter spoke just before she left for the day. Her father, Tommy, then drove to the scene after seeing her location was near the crash site.
“From that point on, we were just panicking, you know, hoping that they got something wrong, you know?” the mother said, who received the tragic news after the father’s journey.
When she was born, Tumlinson was given a two percent chance of survival. Doctors predicted she would be stillborn, but “she beat those odds,” her mother said.
Makynna Tumlinson, 18, from Tom Bean, Texas, died in a car crash on June 3 while she was driving to her new summer job (Stephanie Tumlinson)Texas Department of Public Safety officials said Tumlinson..

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Elon Musk becomes world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut

Elon Musk becomes world's first trillionaire as SpaceX soars in stock market debut13 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleArchie Mitchell,Business reporterandKali Hays,Technology reporterReutersWealth boost sparks debateReutersGetty ImagesProtestors staged an anti-Musk demonstration in New York City's Times Square ahead of SpaceX's listing.SpaceX's stock market blast-off could be Musk's biggest gamble yetWho is Elon Musk and what is his net worth?What you need to know as millions of SpaceX shares go up for saleElon MuskNASDAQCompaniesUnited States