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UN convenes meeting on drone attack in Romania

2026-06-02 11:54 Last Updated At:13:47

The United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting at Romania's request on Monday to brief members on the drone attack in Romania.

During the night of May 28-29, an armed drone exploded on the top floor of a residential building in Galati, a city in eastern Romania, injuring a woman and a child.

This marks the first time such an incident in Romania has resulted in casualties since the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

At the meeting, the Russian representative said that some Western countries and NATO were rushing to blame Russia before the facts had been established, using the incident to stoke anti-Russian sentiment.

Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the UN, called on all interested parties to exercise restraint.

"We hope that all parties concerned will remain calm and exercise restraint, clarify the facts, dispel doubts, and resolve disputes through dialog and communication, avoid misunderstandings and misjudgments, and prevent the situation from escalating. This incident is a result of the spillover effects of the Ukraine crisis," said Fu.

Fu said China hopes that all parties will resume negotiations at an early date and reach a peace agreement.

A specialized team from Romania's Ministry of National Defense said on Sunday the drone that crashed and injured two Romanians was made in Russia, according to a press release by the ministry.

It said that following the incident in Galati County on Friday, a technical investigation concluded that the type of the object was an unmanned aerial system (UAS) and the model was GERAN-2, Russian-made, the press release said.

Romanian President Nicusor Dan wrote on Facebook on Sunday that the drone was "of Russian origin".

However, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on the same day that accusations against Russia over drones allegedly detected in European Union countries were unfounded and unsupported by evidence.

UN convenes meeting on drone attack in Romania

UN convenes meeting on drone attack in Romania

U.S. stocks ended higher and key indexes refreshed new record highs on Monday, fueled by a product announcement from Nvidia.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.09 percent to 51,078.88. The Standard and Poor's 500 added 0.26 percent to 7,599.96. The Nasdaq Composite Index increased by 0.42 percent to 27,086.81.

Nine of the 11 primary Standard and Poor's 500 sectors ended in the red, with utilities and consumer discretionary leading the laggards by losing 3.05 percent and 2.62 percent, respectively. Meanwhile, technology and energy led the gainers by adding 2.48 percent and 1.86 percent, respectively.

The session's momentum was driven by semiconductor giant Nvidia, whose shares jumped more than 6 percent after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang officially unveiled "RTX Spark," an Arm-based consumer superchip engineered to power local agentic artificial intelligence (AI) applications directly on personal computers.

The announcement triggered significant structural movements across the hardware ecosystem. Dell Technologies and HP, both confirmed as primary launch partners for upcoming Windows-based AI laptops alongside Microsoft's newly teased Surface Laptop Ultra, surged 10.7 percent and 8.51 percent, respectively. Conversely, legacy processor giant Intel saw its shares slide over 4 percent.

For this week, investor focus has rapidly turned toward Friday's upcoming nonfarm payrolls report. Wall Street analysts expect the comprehensive employment update to provide critical clarity on current labor market tightness and heavily influence whether the central bank will maintain its current interest rate trajectory through the upcoming summer policy meetings.

U.S. stocks close higher as Nvidia surges

U.S. stocks close higher as Nvidia surges

U.S. stocks close higher as Nvidia surges

U.S. stocks close higher as Nvidia surges

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