AP: A commander allied with the Ethiopian government said Eritrean soldiers have entered two towns in northern Ethiopia.

South Korea's Blue House says President Lee oversaw a test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle.

France is considering increasing issuance of shorter-dated government bonds. With the global bond market sell-off intensifying, government financing costs have risen to multi-decade highs. Finance Minister Roland Lescure said on Wednesday that, amid deepening French fiscal strain and weakened investor demand, the government will take “strategic” measures on new debt issuance — likely adjusting the debt maturity profile and boosting short-term issuance to ease pressure from sharply higher long-term yields.