President Lai Ching-te says he will seek a ruling from Taiwan's Constitutional Court over controversial reforms passed last month to expand the powers of the legislature. The education ministry says school enrollment across Taiwan is set to drop sharply in the years ahead as the country's fertility rate declines. And insurance premiums for electric vehicles in Taiwan have become more expensive than for gas-powered vehicles. Also:
- At least 19 people have died in suspected terror attacks on a church and synagogue in the Dagestan region of Russia.
- Trillions of cicadas are swarming parts of North America in a rare convergence of the multi-year life cycles of 2 separate broods.
- A group of young women are revamping the Taiwanese tradition of the "betelnut beauty" into a brand for the online influencer age.