Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te attended the first meeting of the National Whole-of-Society Resilience Committee to discuss civil disaster preparation. Two Hong Kong journalists will be the first sentenced under a colonial-era sedition law as the city's government cracks down on press freedom. Four people have been questioned about the role of a Taiwanese company in the exploding pager attack in Lebanon.
Plus:
- A deconstructed monument in Taipei raises questions about Taiwan’s colonial past.
- Japan’s next prime minister will be chosen from nine candidates of the Liberal Democratic Party.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pushes for more support at the United Nations General Assembly.