Preparations are being made in Russia’s Voronezh region, near the border with Ukraine, to accommodate the additional troops, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says in a social media post.

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China has tested a long-range missile into the Pacific for only the second time in decades. The move is raising questions about its growing nuclear strength – and what it means for the Indo-Pacific.

A nuclear submarine of the People’s Liberation Army Navy launched the missile carrying a dummy warhead toward international waters in the Pacific at 12.01pm, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported.

In a TikTok video, French politician Geoffroy Boulard said he had air-conditioners, produced by Chinese manufacturer Haier, delivered to several schools in his district in Paris. 

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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung asked US counterpart Donald Trump to lead efforts to resolve the North Korea issue peacefully, as he had done with the war in the Middle East, according to Lee’s office.

Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), has been on a two-week US trip following her April visit to China, where she met President Xi Jinping.

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China’s defence minister may not have attended this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue but the country still loomed large and remained at the centre of discussion.