Hipkins, Prime Minister of New Zealand (on cluster munitions): New Zealand is one of the founding signatories of the Convention on Cluster Munitions and I will be looking at that before going to Ukraine.

International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW): Cluster munitions remain deadly long after they are dropped, and the United States should not provide them to any country.

International human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW): Field interviews revealed that at least 8 civilians were killed and more than 15 were injured by cluster munitions.

The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW): Both Russia and Ukraine are using cluster (concentrated) munitions, causing civilian casualties, calling on the United States, which is said to plan to supply cluster munitions to Ukraine, to stop supplying cluster munitions.

Shigeruyuki Goto, Minister of Economic Regeneration of Japan: It is necessary to carefully evaluate whether Ukraine fully complies with the high-level requirements of the CPTPP agreement in terms of market access and rules.

According to GASCADE data: during 03:00-04:00 Central European time, the flow rate of the Yamal-Europe gas pipeline east line at the Mallnow exit point was 938,492 kWh/h.

Market news: U.S. Defense Secretary Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Galante discussed military operations in the West Bank.

Market news: U.S. Defense Secretary Austin talked with Israeli Defense Minister Galante.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: The impact of corporate tax cuts needs to be assessed.

Market news: Honda Motor (HMC.N) and Japanese information technology company SCSK reached a basic agreement on software development.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: During his visit to the UK, he met with New Zealand Defense Force troops. New Zealand, together with the UK and other partners, provides basic warfare training for the Ukrainian army.

Mexico has expressed concerns to the United States about the use of USMCA labor mechanisms.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: The EU trade agreement will save New Zealand 100 million New Zealand dollars a year in tariffs.

New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins: In times of global uncertainty, we need to ensure our trade markets are more economically resilient.

According to the network condition monitoring website DownDetector: User reports show that Verizon has problems.

The unemployment rate in the Philippines was 4.3% in May.

Market news: The Brazilian House of Representatives passed the main content of the tax reform in the first vote.

Market news: The European Council and Parliament have reached an agreement on increasing ammunition production.

Market news: U.S. Trade Representative Dai Qi discussed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) with the Canadian Minister of Trade, urging Canada not to implement a digital service tax.