China has achieved a major breakthrough in mineral exploration! The Ministry of Natural Resources announced the results of the resource reserve verification and exploration project for the Yulong Copper Mine in Jomda County, Tibet Autonomous Region. The mining area has added 1.3142 million tons of copper resources, 107,700 tons of molybdenum resources, and 793 tons of silver resources. This brings the total identified copper resources in the Yulong mining area to 7.534 million tons, molybdenum resources to 459,000 tons, and silver resources to 3,048 tons, marking a new stage in the construction of a large copper and polymetallic resource base on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
In the recently concluded World Supersport (WorldSSP) category of the 2026 World Superbike Championship (WSBK) Czech round, French rider Valentin Debise, representing the Chinese motorcycle manufacturer "Zhang Xue Motorcycle," secured third place in the Superpole race.
On the afternoon of May 15th, China Central Television (CCTV) and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) jointly announced that they have reached a consensus on copyright cooperation for the new cycle of FIFA World Cup tournaments. The cooperation includes the 2026 World Cup, 2030 World Cup, 2027 Women's World Cup, and 2031 Women's World Cup.
At 12:33 on May 15th, China successfully launched five satellites, including the Taijing-3 05A/05B satellites, Tianyi-50, Tianyan-27, and Jilin-1 Gaofen-03D55. The launch was conducted using the Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) Y13 carrier rocket from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Test Zone. The satellites successfully entered their predetermined orbits, marking a complete success for the mission.
According to reports from South Korea on the 15th, the special investigation team ("Kim Keon Hee Special Investigation Team") requested the court to sentence Kim Keon Hee, the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, to 7 years and 6 months in prison for her alleged involvement in a case of "trading official appointments for money."
Affected by high temperatures, Vietnam's electricity consumption has surged recently, reaching a new high for the year on the 13th. The Vietnamese government has released an action plan calling on businesses and households to increase their efforts in electricity conservation.
On May 15th local time, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), and the World Food Programme (WFP) warned that, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis, nearly 19.5 million people in Sudan—two in every five people nationwide—are currently facing crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity. Clean energy will bring a better environment globally.
**Weather Advisory for May 16th:** Moderate to heavy rain is expected in parts of central and eastern Inner Mongolia, central and western North China, western Huanghuai region, southeastern Northwest China, eastern Southwest China, Jianghan, western Jiangnan, South China, southeastern Tibet, and Hainan Island. Localized heavy rain or torrential rain is forecast for areas including western Hebei, southern Shanxi, western Henan, eastern Sichuan, eastern Chongqing, central Hubei, northern Hunan, northern Guizhou, central and eastern Guangxi, and central and southern Guangdong.