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1. 'Weaponization of aid': Myanmar accused of blocking rescue efforts after deadly earthquake

   

   Mere hours after the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar last Friday, the head of the military junta controlling the country pleaded for international assistance. But numerous groups say the junta is blocking aid to those in Myanmar who need it most.

2. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee after Israel seizes Rafah as part of new 'security zone'

   

   Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter on Thursday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced 'security zone' they intend to seize.

3. Companies sought to diversify from China. Now Trump's tariffs will hit those Asian alternatives hard

   

   Several Asian nations reeled on Thursday as they were hit with some of U.S. President Donald Trump's heftiest tariffs, which now threaten the economies that have benefited from investment after Trump imposed levies on China during his first term.

4. Trump wants to upend the entire global order. Can he stomach the price tag?

   

5. Hungary, a founding member of the ICC, to withdraw from court amid Netanyahu visit

   

   Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu applauded Hungary for its "bold and principled" decision to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) as he visited Budapest on Thursday, in a rare trip abroad in defiance of an ICC arrest warrant.