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BANGKOK — A 69-year-old man on Monday jumped from the second floor of a mall in the southwest of the capital, severely injuring himself.

CHIANG RAI — The head of the cave rescue operation said today's mission to save the boys trapped inside could be faster than yesterday's.

PHUKET — China is warning its people to be careful during water-based activities when traveling abroad after a fatal boat capsizing in the south.

ONEIDA, Wisconsin — Sei Young Kim became the first player in LPGA Tour history to go lower than 30 under in a performance so dominant in the Thornberry Creek LPGA Classic that she now has the tour scoring records all to herself.

TOKYO — Asian shares are mostly higher after a weekend of relative quiet over the escalating trade stand-off between the U.S. and China. Investors appear optimistic about the outlook for the global economy despite punitive tariffs imposed by Washington and Beijing on each other's exports.

YANGON — A judge in Myanmar has ruled that the prosecution of two Reuters journalists charged with illegally possessing official information can go to full trial.

PHUKET — Divers and helicopters on Monday morning continued the search for those missing after a vessel sunk last week off Phuket, killing dozens.

BANGKOK — The world on Sunday celebrated the news that four of the 13 boys trapped in the Chiang Rai cave complex had been rescued, and anticipated the successful evacuation of the rest.

BANGKOK — Junta chairman Prayuth Chan-ocha said Monday he doesn’t know when the rest of the youth football team trapped inside a Chiang Rai cave will be rescued.

HIROSHIMA, Japan — People prepared for risky search and cleanup efforts in southwestern Japan on Monday, where several days of heavy rainfall had set off flooding and landslides in a widespread area. Japanese media reports said 88 people died and 58 people were missing.