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Japan and China are making arrangements to hold a meeting between their defence ministers on the sidelines of an international conference in Singapore next month, Kyodo news agency said on Monday, citing unnamed sources.

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are down -0.03%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are down -0.14% this morning as market participants continued to monitor U.S. debt-ceiling negotiations while awaiting the release of the Fed’s favorite inflation gauge and the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s latest policy meeting.

Beijing summons Japan’s ambassador, and warns UK against ‘slander’ as it condemned China-related criticism at Hiroshima summit

BEIJING: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong summoned Japanese ambassador to China Hideo Tarumi on Sunday and lodged solemn representations over the G7 hyping up China-related issues at its Hiroshima summit.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday a meeting with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit in Japan fell through because Zelenskiy was late.

State-backed Chinese mouthpiece Global Times called the G7 an "anti-China workshop" on Monday, a day after Beijing summoned Japan's envoy and berated Britain in a fiery response to statements issued at the group's summit in Hiroshima.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy likened the ruins of Ukraine's eastern city of Bakhmut with the destruction of Hiroshima in World War Two, as he attended the Group of Seven summit in the Japanese city on Sunday.

Anthony Albanese has touched down in Australia after three days of meetings with world leaders in Japan on the sidelines of the G7 summit.

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Wrapping up a summit of the world's wealthiest democracies here Sunday, President Joe Biden had domestic trouble on his mind — the flagging U.S. debt talks — but also addressed the administration's most pressing international concerns: Ukraine and China.