North Korean media report that leader Kim Jong Un has said Pyongyang will continue to pursue nuclear and missile development, but indicated it could improve relations with the United States.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz have confirmed that their countries will strengthen economic and other cooperation.
Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae has said there is no legal problem with her distribution of gift catalogs to lawmakers of her Liberal Democratic Party. Takaichi posted on the social media platform X on Tuesday night that she sent the catalogs to all LDP lawmakers in the Lower House of the Diet after this month’s general election.