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Copacetic in the South China Sea? After more than 15 years of off-again, on-again talks, ASEAN member nations and China are expected to endorse a draft code of conduct that commits to cooperation rather than confrontation in the contested waterway. In an exclusive, VOA’s Khmer service has learned the non-binding agreement will likely be signed during a week-long ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Conference in the Philippines beginning August 2.

That’s amore! After an early infatuation with Emmanuel Macron, Italian politicians are falling out of love with the French president. Like the rest of Europe, Italy has welcomed Macron as someone who could help Europe overcome major challenges like the migrant crisis. But French police are preventing hundreds of migrants from crossing into France from Italy at Ventimiglia, while Italy’s refugee centers and shelters have reached their capacity of 200,000. Italian politicians view Macron’s treatment of their concerns as ‘high-handed.’

VIDEO: Students at Gallaudet University speak with their hands. Specifically, they speak American sign language which is different from sign languages in other countries. Graduation at this 153-year-old school for the deaf in Washington, D.C., is a riot of drum beats, creating vibrations the students can hear.

Eat, pray, exercise - elderly Bangladeshi immigrants come together at  New York’s Jamaica Muslim Center for a senior program that serves them culturally as well as socially.  Elderly immigrants pose a special problem in New York where they are 49.5% of the population. More than native-born seniors, they face language and cultural barriers, increased isolation and higher levels of poverty.

EXPLAINER: If you have a business secret, it may be hard to keep it! Hackers and spies are everywhere, causing big headaches for businesses. Here’s how they operate.