Editors Jimmy Lovaas and Awais Ahmad discuss the devastating floods in Pakistan that have killed hundreds of people, plus more on Thailand’s top court ruling on a royal insult case, the Latin America Climate Summit and Trump ending the tariff exemption for small packages.

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This episode includes work from Factal editors Awais Ahmad, Vivian Wang, Matthew Hipolito, David Wyllie and Owen Bonertz. Produced and edited by Jimmy Lovaas. Music courtesy of Andrew Gospe. 

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