日: 2017年6月24日

1. British Prime Minister Theresa May has explained to European Union leaders about her proposal to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the U.K. But several EU leaders expressed dissatisfaction.
2. U.N. Secretary-General Antoni Guterres has called for assistance for people fleeing the armed conflict in South Sudan.
3. More than 100 people are missing after a massive landslide in China’s Sichuan Province.

1. Candidates for the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly are kicking off their official campaigns for an up-coming election.
2. Japan’s southern prefecture of Okinawa on Friday marks 72 years since an extremely fierce and bloody ground battle toward the end of World War II.
3. U.S. government officials say North Korea has carried out combustion tests for rocket engines that could be used in an intercontinental ballistic missile.

1. The United States and China continued to differ on how to respond to North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
2. Islamic State militants have blown up a historic mosque in the Iraqi city of Mosul where they had declared their self-styled caliphate.
3. The Japanese government plans to help Uganda cope with an influx of refugees from conflict-stricken South Sudan.

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.