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Anutin Charnvirakul, leader of Thailand’s second-largest opposition party, Pheu Thai, easily secured a majority in parliament on the 5th, becoming the country’s next prime minister. A 58-year-old veteran of Thai politics, Anutin has served in various positions, including deputy prime minister. A Cantonese descendant, he goes by the Chinese name Chen Xiyao. He speaks Cantonese at home and is also a saxophone player who can fly airplanes.

Anutin, a major shareholder in Thailand’s largest construction company
, comes from a family of politicians and businessmen. Over decades of political upheaval, he has served as Minister of Health, Minister of the Interior, and Deputy Prime Minister.

Anutin is a pure Cantonese descendant, and his Chinese name is Chen Xiyao. In a 2023 CCTV interview, he revealed that his ancestors were from Guangzhou, and his parents were also Cantonese-Chinese. Although he was born in Thailand, he was deeply influenced by Thai and Chinese culture. “I am also 100% Chinese. My parents, grandparents, and grandparents are all from China. I was born in Thailand, I have a Chinese name (Chen Xiyao), and Cantonese is spoken every day at home.”

Anutin, who loves to “street-walk” and eat snacks,
comes from a very wealthy family. He has always presented himself as a friendly person in Thailand. He often shares his daily life in T-shirts and shorts, cooking with a spatula, and “street-walking” and eating snacks in Thailand on social platforms.

In addition, Anutin is proficient in music. He is a saxophone player and also knows how to play the piano. He loves to share his playing of Thai pop songs from the 1980s on social media.

Anutin was once an official of Thaksin’s Thai Rak Thai Party. However, after the party was dissolved in 2007, he was banned from politics for five years. During this time, Anutin used his free time during the pause in his political career to learn to fly and subsequently acquired several private jets. These aircraft were not only used for personal purposes, but were also used to transport patients to the hospital and to transport donated organs.

A burglary occurred at the Musée national Adrien Dubouché in Limoges, France, early Thursday morning (local time on the 4th). Three Chinese porcelain pieces, classified as “national treasures,” were stolen. Preliminary estimates put the stolen items at approximately €9.5 million (approximately HK$86 million). The case has shocked the French cultural and art community.

Agence France-Presse reported that the robbery occurred around 3 a.m. Thursday. The thieves broke into the museum through a window on the facade. They moved swiftly and precisely, targeting only three top-tier works. The thieves triggered the alarm system. Local prosecutor Abrantes revealed that police later arrived, but the suspects had already fled the scene. The entire incident resembled the plot of the 1991 Hong Kong film “A Chinese Odyssey,” starring Chow Yun-fat, Leslie Cheung, and Cherie Chung. One scene in the film depicts Chow Yun-fat and Leslie Cheung stealing famous paintings from a French auction house.

The three stolen cultural relics are: two large Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain plates from the 14th and 15th centuries, and an 18th-century Chinese vase, which also came from the Jingdezhen kiln. They are hailed as one of the representative works in the context of Sino-Western exchanges at that time and are fine porcelains that flowed into France through trade.

The three porcelain pieces, designated as “national treasures” by the French government and prohibited from export, were valued at over €6.5 million by insurance. The museum initially reported losses to police at €9.5 million.

The Japanese lifestyle brand MUJI has been embroiled in a years-long legal battle in mainland China over a company’s prior trademark registration. Japanese media reports indicate that the court has ultimately ruled against MUJI, forcing the company to use only the “MUJI” trademark in China for some of its products.

The Nikkei reported that Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. has lost its lawsuit against the Chinese authorities for invalidating the MUJI trademark, which was first registered by a local Chinese company. Ryohin Keikaku currently only uses the MUJI trademark for products in the so-called “24 categories,” such as towels and bedspreads, and will continue to do so. 

According to Ryohin Keikaku, the Supreme People’s Court rejected the company’s request for retrial in June, effectively defeating the case. In 2019, Ryohin Keikaku filed an application with the National Intellectual Property Administration of China to invalidate 24 trademarks registered by local Chinese companies, but the application was rejected. The company subsequently filed an administrative lawsuit in 2020.

The first instance trial in 2021 and the second instance trial in 2023 both rejected Ryohin Keikaku’s claims, and the company filed for a retrial in July 2024. In China, Ryohin Keikaku can only use the MUJI trademark for products outside of Class 24. Regarding Class 24 products, since the MUJI trademark is currently used, the company stated that “there will be little impact on sales.” 

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation previously reported that at least three Americans with close ties to US President Trump and senior White House officials have recently traveled back and forth between the United States and Greenland many times, trying to push Greenland to distance itself from Denmark and strengthen its dependence on the United States by establishing private networks, infiltrating local society, and strengthening information collection. 

Danish Foreign Minister Rasmussen said on the 27th that any attempt to interfere in Denmark’s internal affairs is “unacceptable” and he has instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon the acting ambassador of the US Embassy in Denmark to ask the US to explain its secret activities in Greenland.

King Frederick X of Denmark recently visited Greenland. Associated Press
reporter Rasmussen said the Danish government is “fully aware” of foreign powers’ interest in Denmark’s relationship with Greenland, and therefore is not surprised by the aforementioned actions. He also stressed that any attempt to interfere in Denmark’s internal affairs is “unacceptable.” 

On the same day, the U.S. Embassy in Denmark responded that the U.S. government “respects the right of the people of Greenland to independently determine their future” and that the actions of individual U.S. citizens “are not under the control of the U.S. government.” 

Greenland, located northeast of North America, is the world’s largest island. It is a Danish autonomous territory with a high degree of autonomy, with defense and foreign affairs under the jurisdiction of the Danish government.

Since taking office this year, Trump has repeatedly threatened to acquire Greenland. In March, during a White House meeting with visiting NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Trump reiterated his intention to acquire Greenland and pledged to deploy more US troops there. Trump stated that the US needs to control Greenland to enhance international security. Greenland, with its rich mineral resources and strategic location on a vital shipping route to the Arctic, holds a crucial strategic position. 

Earlier this month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notched one of his biggest wins of the “Make America Healthy Again” movement when West Virginia became the first state in the country to ban artificial food dyes in school lunches.

Since then, a handful of other Republican governors have raced to join in, banning certain food colorings from kids’ lunches — sometimes prohibiting other chemical additives, too. Some GOP leaders have gone further, slapping warning labels on certain food additives statewide.

Historically the focus of Democrats, including former first lady Michelle Obama — and derided as “nanny state” politics by anti-regulation conservatives — food laws have lately had a windfall of support from the other side of the aisle.

Kennedy’s “Make America Health Again” crusade against food additives, with its strong backing from President Donald Trump, has taken hold in deeply Republican states such as Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.

“Traditionally, it was a Democratic issue,” Kennedy told ABC News at a press conference on Monday, adding that he is hopeful that Democrats will continue pass food laws in their states despite the “partisan brand” the movement brings.

West Virginia — which has the second-lowest life expectancy rate in the nation, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — has taken one of the most stringent approaches, intending to further its ban on artificial dyes and other additives to the whole state by 2028.

Its law closely mirrors those passed by California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom, who signed similar bills into law before Kennedy and Trump took office. The California Food Safety Act passed in 2023, which banned four additives statewide, and a second California law passed in 2024, which banned six specific synthetic food dyes from school lunches. Both take effect in 2027.

“Sometimes you find that there are unorthodox partners, but the key is what you’re able to accomplish,” West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrissey, a Republican, told ABC News. If the changes improve health outcomes for West Virginians, it’ll be “a win,” he said.

West Virginia is one of 10 Republican states that have taken steps to regulate food since Kennedy took office. Just two Democratic governors, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs and Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer, have signed similar laws in that same timeframe.

At the same time, 11 Republican states have applied to the federal government for waivers to prohibit soda or candy from the food benefits program for low-income Americans, SNAP. The sole Democrat-led state to join in on the SNAP policy change is Colorado.

More states are waiting in the wings, said John Hewitt, senior vice president of state affairs for the Consumer Brands Association, which represents major food companies such as Kraft Heinz.

There’s been at least a tenfold increase in the number of food bills introduced or discussed at the state level, he said, and there’s been a “substantial shift” in which states are interested.

‘Copy and pasting’ Democrats’ food laws into red states

Thomas Galligan, principal scientist for food additives and supplements at the Center for Science in the Public Interest, has worked with states such as California and New York on systemic food reform.

And although CSPI has frequently clashed with Kennedy on his policies at HHS, particularly around vaccines, Galligan said on food, “it’s fair to give credit where it’s due.”

“I mean, the Trump administration, under RFK Jr., has really elevated this issue on the national stage,” he said.

But Galligan pushed back on the characterization that it’s part of Kennedy’s “Make America Health Again” movement, pointing to California’s laws, before Kennedy’s tenure, as the blueprint.

“Most of the bills that we’re seeing are really copy and pasting,” Galligan said.

Why are food laws different for Republicans this time?

For conservatives such as Jeff Singer, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute who studies health policy, the new Republican-led laws around food are a far cry from the days of protesting Obama’s “Lets Move!” campaign and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s attempt to ban Big Gulp soda.

“I clearly remember all of the criticism, particularly on right-wing media, of Mayor Bloomberg,” Singer said. “All the attacks on Michelle Obama for trying to dictate how people should eat, and dictate what should be in school lunches.”

“They were basically saying, ‘keep your nose out of our private affairs, this is not a role for government, we don’t need a nanny state.’ But all of a sudden, they’re all for a nanny state because it was a very good political move to bring RFK into the MAGA movement,” Singer said.

The lack of conservative pushback this time around has left the food industry, a powerful lobbying force, as the primary barrier to passing legislation, said Meghan Enslow, policy associate for the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

“In all of these states, blue and red, there’s been immense lobbying and money spent by the food industry against these bills. And I do wonder if that MAHA narrative is part of what’s allowed red states to ignore that money and the voice of the food industry and pass these bills,” Enslow said.

Kennedy said that a few Democratic governors have told him privately that they intend to get on board.

“They don’t want to call it MAHA because they think that that’s become kind of a partisan brand. I don’t care what they call it,” Kennedy said. “They want to protect their children. And there’s no such thing as Democratic children or Republican children. They’re our children, and we should all care about them.”