* Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has stressed further smoothing transportation and logistics to ensure the operation of market entities and stabilize the economy.
* Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the 2020s would be a time for his country to strengthen its economic sovereignty.
* Cambodia has become a state of COVID-zero after the last patient recovered, according to a health ministry's statement on Tuesday.
* Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah announced an early reshuffle of cabinet ministers on Tuesday afternoon in a special speech broadcasted nationwide.
* British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday won a no-confidence vote among Conservative lawmakers, saving his precarious premiership.
* Six Pacific Islands Forum nations agreed on Tuesday on how to overcome a major rift and proposed reforms to the region's major diplomatic group, which they said would strengthen solidarity and bolster them against internal and external pressures.
* Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is now in Fiji for her first official visit to the island nation.
* Russia's parliament on Tuesday passed a pair of bills ending the European Court of Human Rights’ jurisdiction in the country, a rupture provoked by Russia's “special military operation” in Ukraine.
* Sweden's government survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday with the help of a lawmaker whose demands for support for Kurds in Northern Syria could complicate its attempts to join NATO.
* Italian President Sergio Mattarella said Monday Italy is "called on" to play a key role in ensuring peace is maintained once the conflict in Ukraine draws to a close.
* Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said in Colombo on Tuesday the next three weeks would be tough as the nation is facing a severe economic crisis, urging citizens to use fuel and gas sparingly.
* Japan will gradually reopen to tourists after two years but foreign visitors will be required to wear masks, take out private medical insurance and be chaperoned throughout their stay, the government said.
* Germany will not recognise the Taliban as the legitimate rulers of Afghanistan as long as "dire" conditions under the Islamists persist, Germany's foreign minister said on Tuesday, calling for a united international call on the Taliban for change.
* The customs agencies of Ukraine and Moldova have agreed to simplify the procedure of border crossing, the State Customs Service of Ukraine said in a statement on Monday.
* Long lines at Madrid Barajas Airport in recent weeks should ease as the Spanish police work on hiring more staff to deal with the surge in tourism from the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, the government said.
* The US Treasury announced the first state awards from a $10 billion COVID-19 aid program aimed at boosting broadband internet access in underserved communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Louisiana and New Hampshire.
* South Africa's economy grew more than expected in the first quarter, recovering to a pre-pandemic level, thanks to a strong performance by sectors like manufacturing, data from the statistics agency showed.
* Oil prices were steady in a seesaw session on Tuesday as worries about economic growth offset supply concerns and the prospect of higher demand as China relaxes lockdowns set to control the coronavirus pandemic.
* The US trade deficit narrowed sharply in April as imports declined, suggesting that trade could contribute to economic growth this quarter for the first time in two years.
* India on Monday successfully test fired the training launch of an Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile "Agni-4" from the eastern state of Odisha, confirmed an official statement.
* More than one in ten Norwegian offshore oil and gas workers plan strike action from Sunday if state-brokered wage mediation fails, a Reuters calculation based on labour union data showed on Tuesday.
* The UK Health Security Agency said monkeypox would be designated as a notifiable infectious disease from Wednesday, meaning doctors in England will have to notify local authorities when they suspect a patient has the virus.
* The BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron are estimated to make up nearly 5% and 8% of the coronavirus variants in the United States as of June 4, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.
