CUSTOMS: China imported 33.265 mln mt of coal and lignite in May, up from 33.083 mln mt in April.

An internal memo shows Elon Musk's xAI has seconded Jack Garabedian from SpaceX’s Starlink unit to lead model training for the Grok chatbot, replacing engineer Diego Pasini. Garabedian, a Starlink engineer at SpaceX since 2021, will head the 'human data team' of several hundred specialists training Grok across domains including finance and science. Pasini and Garabedian did not respond to requests for comment; SpaceX and xAI representatives also did not reply.

Refinitiv Middle East correspondent reports no Israeli response yet to Iran's statement. Earlier today the Israeli military said it will continue to strike HEZBOLLAH.