In Indonesia, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi welcomes U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as top Southeast Asian diplomats gather in Jakarta for a meeting of ASEAN.
A rocket being tested by Japan's space agency explodes in the country’s northeast. No injuries were reported.
The top lawyer for the International Criminal Court says the court has launched an investigation into increasing violence in Sudan's Darfur area.
And in Hollywood, the actors' union SAG-AFTRA joins an ongoing strike by the Writers Guild of America after new contract talks with studios failed.
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