New York police said a man died after setting himself on fire outside the UN headquarters. US media and Tibetan advocacy figures identified him as Lobga Rangzen, a Tibetan man who had criticized China’s new ethnic unity law.

A recent video by Taiwanese YouTuber Qiangqiang Maze follows young men around Longhua, Shenzhen, as they move between day jobs, cheap lodgings and life outside much of China’s formal safety net.

Japan's Joint Staff said Chinese and Russian military aircraft flew over the Sea of Japan, the East China Sea and waters off Shikoku on June 27. Tokyo scrambled fighter jets, but did not say the aircraft entered Japanese territorial airspace.

Beijing's Chaoyang district said a single-engine, two-seat light sport aircraft collided with a high-rise near the East Third Ring Road on June 26. The pilot was killed and 13 people at the scene were injured.

OpenAI has shown its first custom AI processor built with Broadcom. The chip is already in testing and is expected to reach customer workloads later this year, as investors look beyond GPU sales to the cost of running AI models.

China's National Audit Office said Bank of China packaged 11 private funds as public funds through affiliated financial institutions, using tax preferences to avoid 2.367 billion yuan in tax.

China's new ethnic-unity law takes effect on July 1. Article 63 extends legal responsibility to overseas organisations and individuals, raising concerns among scholars, rights groups and diaspora communities.

Trump said selling IBM was "not a good decision" as he signed quantum technology orders at the White House. IBM shares rose more than 4% intraday, but software and AI infrastructure remain the stock's core support.

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.