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WATCH: Pentagon holds news briefing following meeting between Austin and Cambodian officials

By News Desk and Associated Press

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Cambodian officials to discuss strengthening defense ties and resuming joint military exercises.

WATCH: House Speaker Jeffries and Pelosi mark 35th anniversary of Tiananmen Square crackdown

By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press

China has long quashed any public memory of the military crackdown on months-long protests at the heart of its capital. Hundreds, if not thousands, are believed to have been killed in an overnight operation that ended on June 4, 1989.

Philippines says China coast guard seized food dropped by plane for Filipino forces in disputed sea

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

The Philippine military chief says the Chinese coast guard seized one of four food packs dropped by a plane for Filipino navy personnel at a territorial outpost that has been surrounded by Chinese vessels in the South China Sea.

China and Hong Kong dominated by heavy security on 35th anniversary of Tiananmen crackdown

By Ken Moritsugu, Kanis Leung, Associated Press

Tiananmen memorials have also been scrubbed out in Hong Kong — for years the only place in China where they could take place.

Zelenskyy visits Philippines to promote peace summit, which he says China and Russia are trying to undermine

By Jim Gomez, Associated Press

Zelenskyy arrived unannounced and under heavy security in Manila late Sunday after speaking over the weekend at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore.

After Hong Kong crackdown, overseas tributes help keep Tiananmen memories alive

By Kanis Leung, Tian Mcleod Ji, Associated Press

In Hong Kong, once a beacon of commemorative freedom, the massive June 4 annual vigil that mourned the victims for decades has vanished, a casualty of the city’s clampdown on dissidents following huge anti-government protests in 2019.

WATCH: Fauci testifies on COVID-19 origins and response in GOP-led House hearing

A Republican-led subcommittee has spent over a year probing the nation’s response to the pandemic and whether U.S.-funded research in China may have played any role in how it started.

China lands probe on moon’s far side to gather rocks and soil in growing space rivalry with U.S.

By Associated Press

A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side.

Chinese defense minister blames Asia-Pacific friction on U.S. support for Taiwan and Philippines

By David Rising, Associated Press

China's defense minister on Sunday acknowledged the importance of newly renewed military-to-military communications with the United States as tensions escalate in the Asia-Pacific, while at the same time accusing Washington of causing the friction with its support for Taiwan and…

Xi pledges more Gaza aid at Chinese summit with Arab leaders

By Simina Mistreanu, Emily Wang Fujiyama, Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for an international peace conference for resolving the Israel-Hamas war and pledged 500 million yuan ($69 million) in humanitarian aid for Gaza.