A shark that became a wildlife sensation after spending more than a month in a canal in the South Korean port city of Busan was successfully guided back into the open sea, following two failed rescue attempts reut.rs/4zGi46r

Philippines exploring deeper cooperation with Taiwan to protect cables reut.rs/4zLzT47 reut.rs/4zLzT47

EXCLUSIVE: China militia boat spotted for first time off Taiwan's east coast, patrol finds reut.rs/4hLGkg3 reut.rs/4hLGkg3

First new F-16V fighter jets to arrive in Taiwan to bolster defences against China reut.rs/4yulrxi reut.rs/4yulrxi

🔊 'We get to hear exactly what Xi Jinping told Donald Trump … as reporters, that's just catnip for us because it's like being a fly on the wall.' @TrevorNews on the Reuters World News podcast as Trump and Xi sit down for high-stakes talks reut.rs/4xOJWnH

Taiwan upgrades maritime patrol capacity for vulnerable South China Sea outpost reut.rs/4ybK15H reut.rs/4ybK15H

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are set to meet in Washington as tensions linger over issues ranging from trade to Taiwan. Reuters White House correspondent Trevor Hunnicutt breaks down the key issues to watch reut.rs/4h8e9Jk

Exclusive: China's Xi Jinping is expected to press US President Donald Trump to halt Taiwan arms sales under a 1982 joint statement during a visit to Washington this week, which he could do at the US National Archives reut.rs/4yk18SU

In the four months since the leaders of the two global superpowers last met, Xi Jinping has overseen a surge in China's trade with the world while Donald Trump has struggled with falling approval ratings at home. That shift in fortunes has tempered expectations for their summit in Washington this week, analysts say, with Xi in no rush to make concessions and Trump constrained by a costly war with Iran that has hurt both his popularity and Americans' wallets reut.rs/4h4PjKs