Reuters

Despite a multimillion dollar renovation project which saw President Donald Trump ordering workers to paint the base of the National Mall's Reflecting Pool blue, algae could be seen in the water, turning the water green [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

South Africa will crack down on groups behind xenophobic violence, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, as anti-immigrant protests tarnish the country's reputation [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is set to raise about 50 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) in its first funding round from investors including tech firm Tencent and battery giant CATL, people with knowledge of the matter said [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Animals at Guadalajara Zoo made their predictions for World Cup matches set to be played in the host city, choosing winners by picking food, shirts, boxes and soccer balls linked to different teams [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

China said on President Xi Jinping would visit North Korea on a two-day trip from June 8, his first in nearly seven years. Here's a look at why is it happening now [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump praised the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations. Trump highlighted the aesthetic upgrade to the iconic pool, noting, 'we picked a color called the American Flag blue' to replace the traditional gray concrete [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT At least one student was injured and carried away by police during clashes at a national strike in Santiago [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Turkish riot police fired tear gas and forced their way into the main opposition party's headquarters to evict its ousted leadership, deepening a crisis at the heart of Turkey's democracy [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Riot police deployed tear gas as anti-government protesters clashed in Belgrade, where thousands gathered to demand elections and reform [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

It was a dramatic few hours for Japanese politics. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said it had been a ‘tough ride,’ as election results indicated a drubbing for his ruling coalition [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election, paving the way for him to replace Shinzo Abe as prime minister later this week [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

A longtime aide to outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, said he would run for leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to avoid a political vacuum [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization. The strain of the virus has no approved vaccine [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

South Korea will pursue all options, including emergency arbitration, to avoid a major labor strike at the country's biggest employer Samsung Electronics, and to minimize any damage if one does occur, its prime minister said [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Shares of South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix surged after peer Samsung Electronics forecast market-beating quarterly earnings, fueling expectations [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

South Korea's SK Hynix set a record for quarterly profit with a five-fold jump in earnings, easing concerns about slowing AI spending by big tech firms [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Robot monks joined South Korea's Lotus Lantern Festival parade celebrating Buddha's birthday, marching alongside traditional participants in Seoul [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

US President Trump left China with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end the Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi Jinping [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Philippine lawmakers voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte, sending her case to the Senate for trial and potentially ending her 2028 presidential hopes [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq hit record closing highs, bolstered by optimism for possible negotiations between the US and Iran to end the war and a surge in Intel shares that extended the rally in semiconductor stocks [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

South Korean stocks rebounded as the country’s benchmark Kospi stock index was up over 2% by mid-afternoon. It recovered most of the previous day’s drop, when the index sank past one-year lows [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

Shares of Hyundai Motor surged by as much as 14.9% to hit a record high in morning trade, outperforming the benchmark KOSPI's 1.2% gain amid market speculation about a potential deeper tie-up with Nvidia [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]

South Korea’s retail investors, known locally as 'ants,' have doubled down on the stock market despite its sharpest swings on record amid mounting economic and geopolitical uncertainty [ 网页链接 ↗ ] [ 网页链接 ↗ ]