Huawei Cloud said it will retire its KVS key-value cloud storage service at 00:00 on April 30, 2027 (Beijing time) as part of a business strategy adjustment.

Iran's judiciary says no U.S. prisoners have been released or exchanged from Iranian prisons so far.

Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Communist Party Central Committee and of the State Council, met former Kuomintang chair Hung Hsiu‑chu and her delegation in Hangzhou on the 17th. Song conveyed Xi Jinping’s greetings and reiterated Beijing’s intent to rally Taiwanese compatriots to promote peaceful cross‑strait development and advance the cause of national reunification, urging cross‑strait youth to accelerate integration and safeguard the shared homeland so that the future of cross‑strait relations remains in Chinese hands. Hung thanked Xi for his greetings, said peace must be founded on national reunification, and called on youth on both sides to work together to promote integration and peaceful reunification.