The only direct train route from Beijing to Pyongyang, China, resumed in March after a decade-long hiatus due to a pandemic. Hawaii's Oahu island has been hit by the largest flooding in 20 years and hundreds of residents have been rescued and evacuated. The Persian Gulf has become a key battleground in the Iran War, with the US looking vulnerable. A new message attributed to Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, was read on state TV but there was no accompanying video or audio of him. The No. 1-ranked table tennis player in West Asia, Mohammed Abdulwahab, maintains a rigorous training schedule despite the ongoing war between the United States, Israel, and Iran.