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We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing.
1. Trump ‘personally called for China’s help’ to end Ukraine war in summit with Xi
US President Donald Trump personally urged President Xi Jinping to help end the Ukraine war, seeking to leverage Beijing’s influence over Moscow to resolve a conflict now in its fifth year, multiple sources have said.
2. China team drafts sanctions list targeting US, allies on 63 key tech sectors
Scientists have produced a list of 63 technologies viewed as strategically sensitive or globally competitive that may benefit from export restrictions to keep them out of foreign hands.
3. ‘I will sell to someone else’: Brazil’s Lula hits back at US after China beef win
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva thanked China for clearing the country’s beef of foot-and-mouth disease and fired a barb at US President Donald Trump, saying “I will sell to someone else”, after Washington announced new tariffs on Brazilian goods.
4. Baby Danny DNA case sparks calls for Hong Kong to introduce home birth rules

Hong Kong should introduce new rules to ensure the health and safety of newborns delivered at home, lawmakers have said, after a couple were arrested for allegedly neglecting their baby’s welfare by not registering his birth.
5. Tears in North Korea as Kim meets footballers after historic title win

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un personally received the country’s AFC Women’s Champions League winners in Pyongyang earlier this week, embracing the players and posing for photographs with them as they wept with joy and leapt in celebration.
6. Food Republic joins wave of foreign brands retreating in China
Food Republic, the Singaporean food court chain owned by BreadTalk Group, is set to close its last remaining outlet in Beijing on June 15, ending more than two decades in the Chinese capital, according to a notice outside the location in late May.
7. China celebrity dog stolen, sold for US$25 and eaten; owner stymied by weak pet laws

A celebrity dog in central China was stolen and slaughtered, leaving its owner seeking justice but confronting gaps in the country’s legal protections for pets.


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Japan’s Russia concern, businesses choose Malaysia over Singapore: 7 Asia highlights

SCMP Highlights

President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Beijing on May 15. Photo: AFP


Hong Kong authorities have confirmed that baby Danny is the son of the “Save Lily” couple. Photo: Handout

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un congratulates the football players who won the AFC Under-17 Women’s Asian Cup in Pyongyang on Monday. Photo: KCNA/KNS/AFP

Chutou, above, had more than a million followers on mainland social media. Photo: Douyin

China-Cuba ‘US security threat’, Brazil’s rare earths: Latin America relations reads

Students from military schools take part in an “anti-imperialist” protest against the American incursion in Venezuela, in front of the US Embassy  in Havana in January. Photo: AFP via Getty Images/TNS

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Photo: China News Service/VCG via Getty Images

Putin in Beijing, ‘China shock’ in EU: 7 global relations reads

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AP

Photo: Sputnik via Reuters

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Photo: EPA

F-15J Eagle fighter aircraft of the Japan Air Self-Defence Force prepare for take-off at Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido prefecture, in 2017. Photo: AFP

The Kuala Lumpur city skyline in Malaysia. Analysts say Kuala Lumpur is a “highly complementary partner” to Singapore. Photo: Shutterstock

A moon bear rescued from an illegal bear bile farm in Laos. Photo: Free the Bears

A still from the 38-second clip showing Perlis chief minister Abu Bakar Hamzah shooting at a cow with a shotgun at an Eid ul-Adha event. Photo: X

Xi-Trump aftermath, space tactics, AI policy change: 7 US-China relations reads

China[s President Xi Jinping gestures as he meets with US President Donald Trump during a visit to Zhongnanhai Garden in Beijing on May 15. Photo: AFP

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From Hong Kong’s baby Danny DNA case to North Korea’s Kim meeting winning football team, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting


From Hong Kong’s baby Danny DNA case to North Korea’s Kim meeting winning football team, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.


Trump urged Xi to help end Ukraine war; China’s tech sanctions list: SCMP’s 7 highlights

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}From Hong Kong’s baby Danny DNA case to North Korea’s Kim meeting winning football team, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting

1. Trump ‘personally called for China’s help’ to end Ukraine war in summit with Xi

From Hong Kong’s baby Danny DNA case to North Korea’s Kim meeting winning football team, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting