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Japan's defense ministry said it spotted a Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) drone flying into the West Pacific on Tuesday, with analysts saying on Wednesday that the operation could serve as a countermeasure against US aircraft carrier activities on China's doorstep. A TB-001 armed reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Chinese military on Tuesday flew past the Miyako Strait from the East China Sea into the West Pacific to the south of Okinawa Island, before returning from the same path, Japan's Ministry of Defense Joint Staff said in a press release on Tuesday evening.

Senior officials of Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba are paying visits to China this week, as announced by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Experts believe that these trips bear a common goal of seeking new cooperation opportunities and strengthening ties with China in the midst of global landscape changes and their own economic hardships. Whether in overall regional cooperation, or in bilateral relations between China and Latin American countries, progress is being made in various aspects in a fast but steady pace, setting a model for partnership within the Global South, Chinese observers noted.

June 5 is World Environment Day. According to China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the theme for World Environment Day in 2024 is

Fu Bao, the giant panda who became massively popular in South Korea, has attracted wide attention among South Korean netizens, with some calling on the Chinese side to return the panda cub after unverified photos circulating on social media platforms showed some dark spots around her neck.

A Chinese warship has recently wrapped up a multilateral joint exercise in Nigeria, a move analysts said on Monday saw the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy sail to far seas in the Atlantic, boosting military ties with other countries and contributing to peace and stability in the region and the world. The PLANS (PLA Navy Ship) Xuchang, a Type 054A frigate in the PLA Navy’s 46th escort task force, joined the six-day exercise from May 27 to Saturday as a part of the Nigerian Navy‘s 68th anniversary celebrations, the PLA Navy said in a press release on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's attendance at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore should remind Asian countries not to fall for the same trap that Ukraine fell into, as the instigation of the US for a bloc confrontation in Asia is dangerous, experts said.

The US' new three-phase cease-fire proposal for Israel and Hamas marks the Biden administration's latest effort to quell the mounting domestic and international pressure on the US government's biased position toward Israel in the conflict, and is vying to increase its influence in the Middle East, said Chinese experts.

As exit polls suggest that India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to win a third consecutive term in office, Chinese experts noted that Modi's overall domestic and foreign policies will maintain continuity, as he is expected to persist in his efforts to bolster the country's economic growth.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu’s visit to the US from Thursday to Sunday aimed at sending a clear message to the US about China’s redlines on its core interests while also maintaining communication between senior officials in the two countries, said Chinese experts. They also noted that if the US refuses to stop its provocations and hostile measures toward China, the tensions between the two major powers will be difficult to stabilize while Washington is still mired in problems in the Ukraine and Gaza.

President Biden was in Los Angeles for a glitzy fundraiser with former President Obama and a host of Hollywood stars.

Emails obtained by CBS News California Investigates reveal the Governor's Chief of Staff​ did not want to negotiate with the initiative coalition unless they agreed to postpone their ballot measure until 2026.

Pro-reunification groups in the island of Taiwan opposed the collusion between separatist forces in the island and the US, saying that the US arms sales and visit of American arms dealers to the island aims to escalate cross-Straits tension and buying American weapons will only lead to more severe casualties and drag Taiwan island into war.

Editor’s Note: Having enjoyed a long history, friendly exchanges between China and Africa have been deepened in recent years, covering various fields such as politics, economy, and culture. The Global Times is launching a China-Africa Rhapsody series, aiming to showcase the profound human connections and development visions between the two peoples by sharing the true stories of Chinese people in Africa and African people in China. From touching stories of China-Africa cooperation and exciting collisions of youthful ideas to debunking fallacies concocted by some Western sources about China-Africa collaboration, this series hopes to promote closer cooperation and deeper understanding between the peoples of China and Africa. This installment highlights how China’s satellite TV project for 10,000 African villages has supported the promotion of ethnic languages and dialects in remote rural Africa via dubbing in local languages and AI models.

Ships sail on the Three Gorges Reservoir as its water level drops to 145 meters on June 6, 2024, completing the pre-flood season lowering task four days ahead of schedule and officially transitioning to flood season management. The Yangtze River Basin is currently in the main flood season from June to August. Meteorological forecasts indicate above-average precipitation in the basin for June this year. Photo: VCG

As China announces the inclusion of, for the first time in history, payload specialists from Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs) into the country's taikonaut pool, experts and local media said there is high hope that they will play key roles in China's future manned lunar landing around 2030, highlighting the significance that central government attaches to the SARs' scientific research capabilities and strong support for youth development in these regions.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Neel Kashkari, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve, on "Face the Nation" that aired on June 16, 2024.

The all-out war since President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has killed or injured hundreds of thousands of people.

Bill Gates said that he's "quite confident" that a next-generation nuclear power project will continue regardless of the balance of power in Washington next year.

Salvador Villalba Flores had decided to run for mayor after his friend, a candidate, was murdered in 2023, local media reported.

The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget projects how much the plan would add to the federal deficit.