The ultraprocessed food industry is yet again under attack, and it’s not just MAHA moms or scientists who study food calling for change. Some 77% of frustrated Republicans, Democrats and Independents are now calling for mandated “large warning labels” on all packages of ultraprocessed foods, or UPFs, according to a new poll. Up to 70% of Americans want companies banned from advertising ultraprocessed foods on children’s television, while up to 87% want government safety testing for all laboratory-made chemicals long before they can be used in any food product, according to the survey published Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/health/ultraprocessed-food-campaign-wellness
In the Karoo, South Africa’s vast semidesert, an African striped mouse basks in the morning warmth outside the bush it calls home. Nearby, audio equipment casts a long shadow on the rust-colored earth and emits a string of high-frequency squeaks inaudible to human ears, interrupting the rodent’s tranquil morning routine. The mouse recognizes the call as coming from a mouse in a neighboring nest bush, just as the scientists broadcasting it had intended. The striped mouse rises up on its hind legs, an expression of measured vigilance. When the researchers play a call from a mouse in the same nest, however, the striped mouse carries on sunbathing, unperturbed.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/science/animal-interspecies-communication
As the World Cup grips North America this summer, China will again watch from the sidelines. But an unlikely story is bubbling up in the nation as Chinese fans cheer on unlikely amateur soccer players – from delivery drivers to villagers – now playing in packed stadiums back home in a rare sign, some believe, that the Beautiful Game may finally be taking root in the nation. For years, qualifying for soccer’s most prestigious competition has been a national goal for the world’s second-largest economy. It’s one of the “three wishes” President Xi Jinping once famously set out for the sport, alongside hosting and ultimately winning the tournament.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/sport/china-world-cup-dream-unraveled-future
You can now fall asleep on a ferry in Taiwan and wake up in Japan. On the surface, the Yaima Maru offers a perfect slow-travel escape — a passenger ferry equipped with saunas, karaoke rooms and a top-deck cafe. Launched in Taiwan last month to the sound of drums and a traditional lion dance, the 21,000-ton civilian vessel connects the northern Taiwan port of Keelung with the island of Ishigaki, in southwestern Japan’s idyllic Okinawa prefecture.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/06/03/travel/ishigaki-japan-keelung-taiwan-ferry-intl-hnk
Six states ranging from California to New Jersey held primaries on Tuesday night. Many of the results from California will take a while to learn, given the state’s late poll-closing time and slow vote-counting. In the California governor’s race, Democratic former US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is in strong position to get one of the two slots in the November election given how votes counted after Election Day in California are typically more Democratic. The other slot is likely to go either Republican former Fox News host Steve Hilton or Democratic billionaire investor Tom Steyer.