China National Nuclear Corporation said the second unit at the SuperCarbon‑1 supercritical CO2 (sCO2) waste‑heat power project in Liupanshui, Guizhou, has been grid‑connected. The achievement completes the world's first demonstration project for sCO2 waste‑heat power generation. Once both units are in service, SuperCarbon‑1 will deliver 30 MW of stable installed capacity.

Israel's Channel 13 reports Prime Minister Netanyahu will soon convene a security meeting to consider responses to attacks by Hezbollah.

Qiushi magazine (June 1 issue) will publish an article by Chinese Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping titled "Forward-looking Layout and Development of Future Industries." Xi orders tech innovation to lead, saying the scale of technological breakthroughs largely determines the speed, breadth and depth of future-industry development; he urges leveraging the advantages of a new whole-of-nation system, adhering to "industry sets the questions, science answers," boosting technology support and leadership capacity, stepping up efforts to tackle key core technologies in priority fields, strengthening basic research with strategic, forward-looking and systematic planning, and accelerating commercialization and application of scientific and technological results.