June 21, Wednesday, 2017 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Mick Corliss and Ms. Emma Howard

1. The U.S. government says it will increase pressure on North Korea following the death of an American student released by the country.
2. Belgian prosecutors are investigating an explosion at a train station in Brussels as an act of terrorism.
3. Struggling Japanese electronics maker Toshiba has announced that it picked a government-led multinational consortium as the preferred bidder for the sale of its chip unit.