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The oxygen level in the boys’ cavern in the flooded Tham Luang Cave is 15 percent and falling, a cause for real concernhttps://nyti.ms/2tXcnCM 

“Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” is not just France’s motto, it is the law. And for one migrant advocate in a landmark case, it was a defense against prosecution.https://nyti.ms/2KzNxDr 

Markus Söder, 51, Bavaria’s noisy new premier, has been called Germany's Trump. He rails against "asylum tourism," blames migrants for a spike in crime rates (even though crime is at a 25-year low), and talks about no-go zones in citieshttps://nyti.ms/2KEQgeP 

At least 15 Syrians have died in makeshift camps near the Jordanian border as a result of scorpion bites, dehydration and diseases transmitted through contaminated waterhttps://nyti.ms/2MRzF40 

"Rest in pieces." Social media users had a field day after three men suspected of rhino poaching were found on a South African game reserve. Officials said they suspected they had been killed by lions.https://nyti.ms/2zfoFeZ 

The U.S. border patrol has been stopping Canadian fishing boats off the coast of Maine. “There is no illegal immigration going on there,” a Canadian fisherman said. “It seems silly.”https://nyti.ms/2KEMYZ1 

“The P.R.I.,” says a voter in Mexico, making the sign of the cross. “Rest in peace.”https://nyti.ms/2MUXfga 

Any rescue of the Thai team will be an underwater ordeal, hours long, in rushing currents, with boulders, narrow passages and little visibilityhttps://nyti.ms/2zbCmeK 

Is Britain's "Love Island" an “immoral, sick, vomitous abomination, made by morons for morons" or the world’s most vital reality show?https://nyti.ms/2zh98es 

The mayor of London has approved a 19-foot blimp called "Trump Baby" to fly over London during the American president's visit to Britain next weekhttps://nyti.ms/2zmxELw 

"Rest in pieces." Social media users had a field day after three men suspected of poaching were eaten by lions on a South African game reserve.https://nyti.ms/2zfoAYJ 

"The hostilities in the border area are life threatening and leave many no choice but to seek safety in neighboring Jordan,” Filippo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees saidhttps://nyti.ms/2zgUOCT 

A giant orange balloon depicting President Trump as a baby in a diaper may fly over London during his visit to Britain next weekhttps://nyti.ms/2MQElHk 

“Things have changed. We have limited time. We have to work hard,” says a rescuer describing the daunting challenges in the flooded Tham Luang Cavehttps://nyti.ms/2MV03dj 

Pakistan's coming elections have been further disrupted by the corruption conviction of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharifhttps://nyti.ms/2zhCBoO 

“You literally need to have your own private army now” to guard rhinos, said the owner of a South African game reserve where the remains of three men suspected of poaching were apparently killed by lionshttps://nyti.ms/2zfjagp 

China responded that moves amount to “typical trade bullying,” while state media said it "aroused the ire of Chinese society"https://nyti.ms/2u0mjeF 

Public health officials say the death of 33 people in a heat wave in Canada underlined social inequality, the perils of climate change and the importance of air-conditioning during hot summer monthshttps://nyti.ms/2zdMPGu 

“A Europe without internal borders can only exist if it has functioning external borders.” An interview with the Austrian chancellor, Sebastian Kurzhttps://nyti.ms/2KxFjM5 

Legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen wore an expensive Swiss watch that fit his undercover persona. He had it on when he was unmasked in Syria in 1965. A 14-year search by Mossad has not turned up his body, but his watch has been found.https://nyti.ms/2KyowZf