1. A Ukrainian media outlet has reported the Russian military is expected to train about 600 Chinese troops at armed forces bases and military centers in Russia as early as this year. A source told the media, “The Kremlin has decided to allow Chinese military personnel to study and adopt the combat experience Russia has gained in its war against Ukraine.”
2. A research group in Japan has made a supercomputer simulation on how ancient people crossed the waters between Taiwan and the southwestern Japanese island of Yonaguni about 30,000 years ago. The simulation was a follow-up of a 2019 experimental dugout canoe voyage conducted at a strait between Taiwan and Yonaguni by a project team including researchers from Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science and others.
3. No attacks were reported in either Israel or Iran on Thursday as people work to restore their daily lives. In the central part of Israel’s biggest commercial city, Tel Aviv, barbers were busy cleaning up broken glass after their shop was damaged by a missile attack.