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Xinhuanet plans to invest over 1.1 billion yuan in “Xinhua Yudian”, an AI agent to promote Xi Jinping Thought and provide current affairs and political news content. — AFP pic

China turns to AI to spread Xi Jinping ideology

For illustration purpose only. A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year. — Picture courtesy of Hokkaido University

Dodging traps, unlocking windows: Japan hunts ‘extremely intelligent’ bear after four injured in Fukushima

For illustration purpose only. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in eastern Indonesia erupted several times today, sending ash columns up to 2.5 kilometres into the sky and forcing a local airport to close. — AFP file pic

Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupts several times forcing closure of local airport

Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has appointed his son Prince Abdul Mateen as foreign minister in a major cabinet reshuffle seen as preparing the next generation of royal leadership. — AFP pic

Brunei’s ‘Instagrammer’ prince named foreign minister in Cabinet reshuffle

This picture taken on September 4, 2025 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (left) shaking hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. — AFP/KCNA via KNS pic

China’s Xi Jinping heads to North Korea next week in first visit since 2019

A handout photo taken on May 26, 2026 and received on June 5, 2026 from the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) shows some of the 100,000 contraband cockroaches found in a raid on a commercial breeder in the town of Bathurst, west of Sydney. — AFP pic

Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches from illegal breeding operation

Protesters gather in front of a polling station at Songpa District in Seoul on June 4, 2026, to call for the suspension of ballot counting as a shortage of ballot papers forced an extension of voting at several polling stations in the area during the local elections. — AFP pic

South Korean police clear protesters after 35-hour standoff at polling station

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2026. — AFP pic

'Embryonic spines': Trump faces rising dissent from Republicans ahead of midterm elections

Teachers take part in a protest ahead of the Fifa World Cup 2026, in Mexico City, on June 1, 2026. — AFP pic

Mexico City protests threaten to overshadow World Cup opening

This file picture shows a pedestrian walks past the New Zealand parliament building known as the Beehive in central Wellington, New Zealand. — Reuters pic

New Zealand capital flooded with faeces after storm blocks wastewater pipes

For illustration purpose only. Britain’s Royal Navy named 31-year-old Lily-Mae Fisher, its only serving female Royal Navy Commando, among three people killed in a Merlin Mk4 helicopter crash during routine training in southwest England. — AFP pic

UK's only woman naval commando among three killed in helicopter crash

A displaced Palestinian child waves a Palestinian national flag as he walks on the rubble of a destroyed building at the Bureij camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip September 22, 2025. — AFP pic

Palestinians urges Trump to stop Israel annexing territories

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses media representatives alongside the NATO Secretary General as they attend a press conference in Kyiv on June 3, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. — AFP pic

Zelensky proposes face-to-face meeting with Putin in rare open letter

US President Donald Trump said he will hold a mass rally in Washington on June 24 to mark America’s 250th anniversary, after cancelling planned concerts when several artists pulled out. — AFP pic

Trump scraps concerts, announces ‘rally to end all rallies’ for US 250th birthday

A person holds a picture of former Cuban president Raul Castro, as people gather ahead of a pro-government rally called by Cuban authorities to protest U.S. policies toward the island, including the indictment of Castro, in Havana, Cuba, May 22, 2026. — Reuters pic

Cuba's Raul Castro, wanted by the US, celebrates 95th birthday

The Kremlin’s economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev told AFP that Europe needed Russian oil and gas to ‘survive’ a looming energy crisis triggered by instability in the Middle East. — Reuters file pic

Russia says energy crisis shows Europe cannot survive without its oil and gas