Australia's ACCC will monitor fuel prices and market conduct after a partial reinstatement of the fuel excise.

President Zelenskiy said on the 28th Ukrainian forces conducted long-range strikes in the early hours against two refineries inside Russia. He said the Slavyansky refinery in Krasnodar Krai, about 300 km from the front, was hit, and a refinery in Yaroslavl Oblast that was previously attacked in May was also struck. Zelenskiy said operations will continue to “degrade Russia’s ability to wage war” and reposted footage showing large fires and heavy smoke at both sites.

China's Central Propaganda Department, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently jointly issued an action plan to reform and upgrade rural family bookhouses and promote village reading. The plan prioritizes tailoring layouts and formats to local conditions, optimizing content supply to meet local demand, innovating delivery models to cultivate a reading culture, and strengthening institutional support; it calls for "bookhouse+" empowerment and flexible "+bookhouse" integration, expanded digital services, development of distinctive brands, encouragement of social-sector participation and publicity to improve bookhouse functions and rural reading service efficiency.