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The leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea met in Seoul for the first trilateral talks in four years to resume dialogue on trade, security, economy, science, technology, people-to-people exchanges, health, and aging.

The 53-year-old French ambassador to Sri Lanka, Jean-François Paquet, was found dead at his official residence, suspected to have died of cardiac arrest, local police are investigating and planning an autopsy.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda is re-elected for a second term, gaining 75% of the vote in the second round of the presidential election.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke out against the use of Western weapons provided to Ukraine to strike targets in Russia, disagreeing with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg's proposal to allow such strikes.

According to French President Emmanuel Macron, Europe is facing numerous internal and external threats, making this an existential moment when European democracy may perish.

Ukrainian rowers won 7 medals, including 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze, at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland, finishing fourth in the team standings with 10 medals.

Six NATO countries-Norway, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania-agreed to build a “drone wall” along their borders to protect against Russian aggression and potential provocations involving migrants.

Von der Leyen emphasized the need for the EU to invest in defense and strengthen its defense capabilities to maintain peace on the continent against the backdrop of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Putin's threats.

Ukrainian troops repelled numerous Russian attacks on many fronts, engaging in 95 combat engagements, and the Air Force, missile forces and artillery struck 16 times at enemy concentrations.

A man with a knife attacked several people in the Lyon subway and injured them before being detained by police.

Russia is conducting a sabotage campaign across Europe to disrupt arms shipments to Ukraine, setting fires and recruiting locals to carry out attacks in order to slow down military aid to Kyiv.

Enemy shelling caused forest fires in the Lyman district, and firefighters spent hours extinguishing the flames over an area of 58 hectares under enemy fire.

Denmark and seven other EU countries propose an action plan for Ukraine's integration into the European defense industry.

Russian troops fired 10 times with heavy artillery and unmanned aerial vehicles at populated areas of Nikopol district, wounding a 69-year-old woman and causing damage to residential buildings, a medical center, a gas pipeline and power lines.

French President Emmanuel Macron will make a three-day state visit to Germany, the first by a French president in 24 years, to demonstrate unity with Germany ahead of the EU elections and amid challenges such as the war in Ukraine.

The Baltic states may send troops to Ukraine if Russia makes a strategic breakthrough due to insufficient Western support.

Scholz is opposed to allowing Ukraine to use German weapons to hit targets in Russia.

A man named Stanislav Moskovsky was detained during the curfew, taken to the RTC, but escaped before being sent to a training center for basic military training, reports the Kyiv Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support.

The second round of presidential elections is underway in Lithuania. The rival of the current president, Gitanas Nausėda, is Ingrida Šimonite, who is currently the head of the government.

More than 670 people are feared dead after a massive landslide buried more than 150 homes in Papua New Guinea.

Ukrainian athletes won 2 gold, silver and bronze medals at the World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland.

Ukrainian soldiers defending the country need useful gifts such as quality ammunition, tactical clothing, socks, shoes, watches, power banks, shovels, knives, flashlights, dry showers, weapon cleaning kits and durable sleeping bags to meet their needs on the front line.

The national archery team of Ukraine won 2 silver and 2 bronze medals at the European Archery Championships held in Rome, Italy, from May 17 to 24, 2024.

A fire at an amusement park in Rajkot, India, killed at least 24 people, mostly children.

Russian troops continue to try to break through from the area of Lukianets village in the Kharkiv sector, but Ukrainian defense forces repelled the threat of a breakthrough and provided a strong defense, the fighting continues.

An explosive device was found at a power company's substation in Dnipropetrovs'k region, which required the intervention of police and explosives experts to defuse.

Massive protests against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have broken out in Israel. More than 80,000 demonstrators in Tel Aviv accused him of being unprepared for a Hamas attack and demanded his resignation, early elections, and the release of hostages.

Russia is preparing for an offensive and is amassing troops 90 kilometers northwest of Kharkiv near the Ukrainian border, President Zelenskiy says.

Ukraine's air defense system shot down 11 Shaheds over the Dnipro region at night, with drones destroyed in different areas.

In Mykolaiv region, three Shahid drones were destroyed at night, damaging the windows of a kindergarten, but causing no casualties.