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China conducted a long-range ballistic missile test in the South Pacific, alarming its neighbours. Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea condemned the launch while Washington voiced deep concern and Beijing defended it as a routine drill.
A small plane crashed into the China World Trade Center, Beijing's tallest skyscraper, sparking a fire and a Chinese investigation.
Beijing and Pyongyang announce the trip on the same June 5 morning; the day before, Kim Jong-un unveils a secret facility he says has doubled fissile capacity. The message is unmistakable: Xi will have to negotiate with an "irreversible" nuclear state that he claims to be pushing toward denuclearization.
After the Supreme Court demolished the 'Liberation Day' tariffs, the Trump administration reinvents its trade war via Section 301 — and triggers a diplomatic mutiny from Brazil to South Korea.
Donald Trump plans a direct exchange with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, a move that risks reigniting Sino-American tensions after months of Trump-Xi rapprochement.
Samsung Electronics management and labor reached a last-minute wage deal, averting a planned strike and easing a major industrial dispute in South Korea's semiconductor industry.
WHO classifies the Ebola outbreak as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Nearly 90 deaths in DRC, first cases confirmed in Uganda, Bundibugyo strain with no available vaccine.
Over 500 Ukrainian drones targeted Russia during the night of May 17, killing 4 and constituting the largest aerial assault in more than a year, hitting refineries and infrastructure.
Taiwan reasserts its commitment to independence despite Donald Trump's warnings about the consequences of a confrontation with Beijing on US military aid.
On May 11, 2026, the Philippine House of Representatives voted 257 to 25 to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte. Accused of misusing public funds, unexplained wealth and plotting to assassinate President Marcos, she becomes the first Philippine official impeached twice. The case moves to the Senate, whose leadership was just seized by a Duterte ally.
Russia issued a formal warning to foreign diplomatic missions in Kyiv to evacuate staff ahead of threatened retaliatory strikes if Ukraine disrupts the Victory Day parade on May 9. Both sides accuse each other of violating the unilateral truces they each declared, amid a dual military and rhetorical escalation.
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