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China astronauts float water blob in kids' lecture

  Astronauts struck floating martial arts poses, twirled gyroscopes and manipulated wobbling globes of water during a lecture Thursday from China's orbiting space station that's part of efforts to popularize the space program among young people.Full story

Nikkei skids as weak China data, Fed exit plans chill sentiment

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday as weak China data further unsettled markets coming to grips with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's confirmation that the U.S. central bank could trim its bond-buying program later this year. Full story

SKorean nuclear operator raided in cable probe

  South Korea's sole nuclear operator says investigators raided its offices as part of a probe into nuclear plant cables. Full story

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  DreamWorks CEO's 'Really Good Arrangement' With Netflix

CNBC's Julia Boorstin speaks to DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, about his company's partnership with the Chinese government, and its deal with Netflix.

   Groovy! Watch this robot dance ‘Gangnam Style’

A new robot developed in South Korea named “Hubo Two” has some serious dance moves, including PSY’s iconic steps.

  Toxic levels found at Fukushima nuclear plant 

Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant reports a toxic substance in groundwater as the country's new guidelines for nuclear reactivation are approved. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Japanese watermelon, sweet but pricey

A Densuke watermelon sells for $3,000 at auction in Japan as the summer watermelon season kicks off. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

  Cargo handler tosses boxes everywhere (but the plane)

A man in China is seen throwing more cargo boxes off a conveyor belt than onto it as he tries loading them onto a plane.

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A student looks at his iPad as his class watches a live broadcast of a lecture given by Shenzhou-10 spacecraft astronauts on the Tiangong-1 space module, at a primary school in Quzhou, Zhejiang province June 20, 2013. Chinese astronauts of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft Nie Haisheng, Zhang Xiaoguang and Wan