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- A UNESCO committee has decided to give World Heritage status to places linked to the history of Japan’s persecuted Christians.
- Ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific nations have begun talks in Tokyo aimed at forging a new free-trade agreement.
- In the soccer World Cup in Russia, France has advanced to the quarterfinals by beating Argentina 4-3 in their knockout-stage match.
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is planning to visit North Korea next week to discuss details of the North’s denuclearization.
- Canada is set to impose tariffs on a wide range of U.S. goods starting on Sunday in retaliation for U.S. levies on steel and aluminum.
- A small rocket developed by a Japanese startup company has failed to enter space. It fell to the ground bursting into flames.
- The defense chiefs of Japan and the United States have confirmed the importance of their joint military exercises, as well as Japan-U.S.-South Korea drills, for regional security.
- Police in the eastern U.S. state of Maryland say 5 people are dead and several others are wounded in the shooting at a newspaper office.
- China’s government has released a white paper saying the rise of unilateralism and trade protectionism is posing a challenge to the World Trade Organization.