US-Iran talks postponed on June 19 are expected to resume in Switzerland, while Israeli strikes continue in southern Lebanon and Iran says it is closing the Strait of Hormuz.

After a June 15 video from Xiao Luoxi's family revived attention online, questions remain over criminal liability and a supplementary medical appraisal in the Ningbo baby death case.

Residents in Wuhan have protested a planned hazardous-waste risk-control centre near apartment compounds, saying the project sits as close as 27 metres from homes and has not been adequately explained.

The FBI has seized 13 domains that U.S. officials say posed as consulting firms to reach current and former security-clearance holders. The case shows how intelligence recruitment can start with ordinary-looking job messages.

A Chongqing animal-abuse case has widened after videos appeared to show police clearing animal-rescue volunteers from outside a residential compound.

Thousands gathered outside a Seoul counting centre after ballot papers ran short at several polling stations. Young protesters say the dispute is about voters being unable to cast ballots, not only the election result.

A Chinese citizen died in Philippine immigration detention as dozens of workers were released in a separate case, putting custody conditions, fees and due process under scrutiny.

After deadly floods in Hunan, three Blue Sky Rescue teams were warned for entering the disaster area without approval. A toll-station video turned an internal notice into a wider debate.

Dong Guangping's reported rubber-boat crossing to South Korea shows how far some Chinese dissidents will go when passports, asylum routes and third-country resettlement fail.

Huawei says Tau Scaling could deliver 1.4nm-equivalent transistor density by 2031. The engineering problem is real, but the claim still needs product data from Kirin chips, teardowns and sustained-performance tests.

A gas explosion at Shanxi's Liushenyu coal mine left 82 people dead and two missing after CCTV had earlier reported 90 deaths. The changing count, hidden roadways and prior high-gas risk records point to a longer question about mine oversight.

Hong Kong’s latest public accounts show another HK$5 billion for a national security special fund, bringing total appropriations to HK$18 billion. The money is not ordinary defence spending. It sits inside a local fund whose totals are public, while spending details remain confidential.

Yang Shuang-zi wrote Taiwan Travelogue. Lin King carried it into English. Their International Booker Prize win brought Taiwan literature, translation and a noisy idea of democracy onto a global stage.

China's April data reveals a glaring macro mismatch: State credit expands 7.8% while retail sales stall at 0.2%, exposing a severe private sector balance-sheet freeze.

Google put Gemini across Search, shopping, Gmail, Chrome and developer tools at I/O 2026. The next test is whether AI Mode can protect search ads and drive new revenue.