A look at the headlines right now:

  1. PM Modi invites Chinese President Xi Jinping to India for an informal summit in 2019: The two leaders exchanged views on strengthening the Indo-China relationship, and also spoke about how the countries could help eradicate the world’s problems.
  2. Pyongyang and Seoul vow to end Korean War after 65 years, decide to hold military talks next month: The decision was taken at the historic peace summit held in South Korea’s Panmunjom village.   
  3. United Kingdom court accepts most of the evidence CBI submitted in Vijay Mallya’s extradition case: The court will hear arguments in the case again on July 11.  
  4. CBI court sentences three people to life imprisonment in Apna Ghar sexual abuse case: The case dates back to 2012, when three girls escaped from a government-funded shelter for destitute people in Rohtak, and complained of abuse.   
  5. Supreme Court reserves judgement on plea questioning chief justice’s role as ‘Master of the Roster’: Attorney General KK Venugopal said that involving many people in the process of allocating cases would lead to chaos.
  6. Swedish pop group Abba announce comeback after 35 years: The band said they had recorded two new songs in which they perform as their computer-generated avatars.
  7. Lawyers did not obstruct police from filing chargesheet in Kathua case, Bar Council of India tells SC: An investigative committee set up by the bar council said that the Kathua lawyers’ demand for a CBI inquiry appeared to be justifiable.
  8. Civil aviation watchdog to investigate how flight carrying Rahul Gandhi developed technical snag: A DGCA official said such incidents were common on planes running on autopilot mode.
  9. Archaeologists in Peru find remains of 15th-century mass child sacrifice – possibly the largest ever: More than 140 children and around 200 llamas were found buried near the Pacific coast, National Geographic reported. 
  10. Sporadic incidents of violence reported during shutdown in central Assam: Tribal organisations called the strike in protest against Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal’s decision to not include MLA Ramakant Deori in the state cabinet.