Trump urges Tehran evacuation as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies

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Trump urges Tehran evacuation as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies

2025-06-17 17:00 Last Updated At：06-18 01:47

U.S. President Donald Trump called for the immediate evacuation of Tehran in a social media post on Monday as the Israel-Iran conflict enters its fifth day with no sign of deescalation.

Trump, who was attending the G7 summit in Canada, chastised Iran on his Truth Social platform, insisting that the country should have signed the "deal" he formulated. In the same post, he wrote that "everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran."

Later, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed President Trump's early departure from the G7 summit on social media, citing the situation in the Middle East.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also returned to Washington, cutting short his participation in the G7 summit.

Israel launched its heaviest air assault on Iran on June 13, striking nuclear facilities in Tehran and other sites. These attacks damaged military targets and residential buildings, killing at least 244 people and injuring 1,277, with more than 90 percent of them civilians, according to the Iranian Health Ministry.

Iran has retaliated with missile and drone attacks on Israel, killing more than 20 Israelis.

On Sunday, Trump denied U.S. involvement in the Israeli attacks on Iran, but hinted at the possibility of future action.

China's consumer goods industry maintains steady growth momentum in January-April

China's consumer goods industry maintained steady growth momentum in the first four months of 2026, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Thursday.

In the first four months, value added in the consumer goods industry increased by 4.3 percent year on year, accounting for 27 percent of the total industrial value added by all industrial enterprises above designated size -- those with primary business revenue reaching 20 million yuan (around 3 million U.S. dollars).

During the period, consumer goods firms above the designated size achieved a total business revenue of about 10.3 trillion yuan (about 1.52 trillion U.S. dollars), an increase of 2.7 percent over the same period last year.

Additionally, these companies accounted for roughly 30 percent of employment, total profits and export delivery generated by all large-scale industrial enterprises in China.

So far, the country has a total of 230 million varieties of consumer goods. More than 100 categories, including home appliances, furniture, stationery items and sports accessories, clothing and home textiles, rank among the world's top in terms of production volume.

In addition, the supply of innovative products such as smart home devices, smart wearables, humanoid robots, and drones has been steadily increasing.