Mike Valerio

Next stop, Asia!!✈️ Absolutely over the moon to begin a new role with CNN as an international correspondent, starting next week. If you’re in the region, let’s talk. Here to help, excited to elevate voices and stories that need to be heard around the world🌏

✈️ 🐎 🏟️ Before the spotlight of a premier equestrian event in Hong Kong, dozens of elite horses go through a meticulously coordinated journey spanning over 9,000 kilometers from Europe. - 🐎 Specially designed crates, expert grooms, and controlled cabin conditions ensure safety and comfort - 📦 #CathayCargo leads in live animal transport with certified expertise and world-class facilities - ✈️ #HongKong @hkairport, the world’s busiest cargo hub, handles over 5 million tons of freight annually - 🏟️ Within hours of landing, these equine athletes are settled and ready for competition Here's a peek at the complex, behind-the-scenes @CathayPacific operation that makes elite international equestrian sport possible!

不看这个视角，很难理解广西贵港水灾到底是种什么程度…

SCOOP: A Chinese-born American seismologist who has published U.S.-funded work on detecting North Korean nuclear tests has been detained in China for nearly two years and faces trial on spying charges, according to his wife, U.S. lawmakers and two hostage advocacy groups.

Collins: You've been bombing Iran for months now. Is this just the new normal for the American people? Trump: Well, you know, we were in Vietnam for 19 years…

It's just the starting. More work ahead

【湖北历史罕见龙卷风破坏力航拍】据中国官方最新统计，7月6日晚袭击湖北东部的罕见龙卷风及强对流天气，已造成11人死亡、1人失联、331人受伤，主要波及黄冈、鄂州、黄石、咸宁等地。这场龙卷风造成的死亡人数，已超过目前广西洪水公开通报的死亡数字。 7月7日，多个航拍视频显示，灾后场景触目惊心：

Thursday UPDATE - Beijing authorities reveal more about the pilot who crashed into the CITIC Tower: “The pilot, identified by the surname Liu (male, 66, a Beijing resident), was a freelancer who lived alone following a divorce; he had obtained a sport pilot license in 2021 and a private pilot license in 2024. On the afternoon of the incident, Liu took off from a general aviation airport in Pinggu District. He conducted both formation flying and solo flight; during the solo phase, he deviated from the designated airspace and lost contact with the airport before colliding with the high-rise building, resulting in his death at the scene. Liu had a history of chronic insomnia and anxiety, and his diary contained repeated references to "ending his life." The investigation concluded that this was an incident endangering public safety caused by personal reasons.”

One thing that is actually drawing a crowd to the National Mall: the World Cup.

Mystery traders used advance knowledge of a Chinese brokerage crackdown to make more than $100 million in profit from well-timed options trades, one of the world’s biggest electronic-trading firms alleged in a lawsuit. @aosipovich wsj.com/finance/stocks…

"It is impossible to define a win on the back of all that trauma and all that harm," Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg told me today, speaking on his decision to drop a charge against Harvey Weinstein. "There are no winners here." Watch more here w/ @jaketapper...

"We were covering a form of regime change in our own country." @jonathanvswan and @maggieNYT tell me how it quickly dawned on them that Trump's second stint in the White House would be "different from any US Presidency that we've ever seen."

Per a Chinese EV maker: Canada has opened a window of opportunity in North America. Despite trade tensions, the strategy remains aggressive. Chinese EVs need Europe and America to scale. “No matter how difficult it is, we must not give up on these two markets.”

Saturday Update — Chinese state media has now reported on the Beijing CITIC Tower plane crash. The Beijing Daily published this description, photos from eyewitnesses, not the paper: At 5:55 PM on June 26, a single-engine, two-seat light sport aircraft collided with a high-rise building in mid-flight near the East Third Ring Road in Chaoyang District. The pilot, the only person on board, died, and 13 others were injured at the scene. The injured are currently receiving intensive care. The relevant authorities are further investigating the incident.

China releasing no details and censoring social media posts about a mysterious plane crash into a skyscraper over Beijing’s heavily fortified airspace. @ValerioCNN’s report tonight from Beijing.

A small aircraft crashed into Beijing's tallest building. The extent of the damage was not immediately known. cnn.it/4gFmSTk

LIVE NOW I As Xi Jinping prepares for his first trip to Pyongyang in nearly seven years, The Capital Cable host Mark Lippert is joined by Victor Cha, Oriana Skylar Mastro, and Edgard Kagan to unpack what Beijing actually wants from Kim Jong-un. Watch here: csis.org/events/what-xi…

.@Elex_Michaelson Anchor of @CNNTheStoryIs w/ CNN International Correspondent @ValerioCNN Hezbollah rejects Lebanon-Israel ceasefire and more 6.5.26 1220 am ET 3 minutes

Xi’s trip to North Korea would reflect Beijing’s renewed efforts to strengthen engagement with Pyongyang since last year. While China remains wary of North Korea’s missile and nuclear programs potentially destabilising the dynamics on the Korean Peninsula, the visit reaffirms the significance Beijing attaches to its relationship with Pyongyang, especially as tensions continue to rise between China and Japan and as Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo consolidate their trilateral security and defence cooperation. As North Korea builds closer ties with Russia, China seeks to use Xi’s trip to reassert its influence over Pyongyang and safeguard its strategic interests in Northeast Asia. scmp.com/news/china/dip…

BEIJING (@CNN) — Xi Jinping will visit North Korea June 8 & 9, Chinese state media reports.