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Rescuers Injured When SUV Goes Off Cliff, Activity at Cave

CHIANG RAI — Four people were injured when a vehicle carrying rescue volunteers went off a cliff.
Pairoj Toongtong, who owns a hotel and night markets, arrived Saturday to propose a lower-tech version of Elon Musk's already unlikely plan.

Not-SpaceX Shows Up as Cave Rescue Becomes Circus

CHIANG RAI — When someone showed up with a plan to free the cave 13 through an inflatable tunnel Saturday, it wasn't one of the SpaceX brainiacs.

French Team Ready to Join Cave Rescue – If Thailand Asks

BANGKOK — As Thai and international rescue workers are racing against time to extract 12 young footballers and their coach out of a northern cave, one more help could be at hand – but bureaucracy is getting in the way.

Boys Should Come Out Today: Official

CHIANG RAI — The boys should be brought out of the cave today, the head of the rescue operation said Saturday.

King’s Son Thanks Cave Rescuers – In German

BANGKOK — In a handwritten card, a son of His Majesty the King urged 12 young footballers and their coach trapped inside a northern cave to stay strong, and thanked everyone involved in the attempt to rescue them.
Serena Williams of the United States returns the ball to France's Kristina Mladenovic during their women's singles match, on the fifth day of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships on Friday in London. Photo: Ben Curtis / Associated Press

Serena, Into Wimbledon Last 16, Luksika Out of Doubles

LONDON — It's hard to blame Serena Williams for having some trouble keeping track of all of her many titles at the All England Club.
Rescued tourists from a boat that sank are helped onto a pier from a fishing boat Thursday on Phuket. Photo: Associated Press

Search Resumes for 23 Missing Tourists in Boat Tragedy

PHUKET — Divers who entered the wreck of a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket described heart-breaking scenes of bodies of children found in the arms of their mothers, as a search resumed Saturday for some 23 mostly Chinese tourists missing.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second from left, is greeted by North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol as he arrives at Sunan International Airport on Friday in Pyongyang, North Korea. Photo: Andrew Harnik / Associated Press

Pompeo in Pyongyang Seeks Progress on N Korea Nuke Commitment

PYONGYANG, North Korea — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for nearly three hours Friday with a top North Korean official in Pyongyang to nail down specifics of commitments on denuclearization made at President Donald Trump's summit with leader Kim Jong Un last month.
A letter written by the SEALs team caring for the 12 young footballers and coach inside the cave. Photo: Thai Navy SEAL / Facebook

Brave Boys Have One Message: We’re Fine

CHIANG RAI — “Don’t worry,” the football team trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand for two weeks said in letters brought out by divers Friday night.
Tammy Davis-Charles, right, an Australian charged with providing commercial surrogacy services, hides her face as she enters the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in 2017 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Photo: Heng Sinith / Associated Press

Cambodian Surrogate Moms Charged With Human Trafficking

PHNOM PENH — Thirty-three pregnant Cambodian women hired to act as surrogate mothers were formally charged with surrogacy and human trafficking offenses.

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