1. Lithuania has strongly condemned Russia for violating its airspace by flying two military aircraft. Moscow has denied the claim. Military officials from the Baltic country said the two Russian planes entered their airspace from Kaliningrad, a Russian exclave that borders Lithuania and faces the Baltic Sea.
2. A UN expert has expressed concerns about PFAS contamination at US bases in southwestern Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture and elsewhere. He said it poses a threat to human health.
3. The White House says US President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea next Thursday, two days after having talks with Japan’s new Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae.