China's Ministry of Water Resources information center issued a blue flood warning for Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Shanghai and Anhui. It forecasts that Typhoon White Dolphin combined with a southward-moving cold front will produce a strong rainfall episode from Aug 8-12, mainly heavy to torrential rain. Parts of Zhejiang, northern Fujian, southern and central-eastern Jiangsu, northeastern Jiangxi, southern Anhui and southern Shanghai may see very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall with s

美国总统特朗普：我们正在处理俄乌冲突，我认为我们正在取得进展。

U.S. President Trump will convene senior executives from major global miners at the State Department on Aug. 7 to secure supplies of critical minerals for the U.S. and its allies. Reuters reported Washington urgently needs such minerals to replenish weapons stocks depleted during the Iran conflict. Expected participants include Rio Tinto, BHP, Freeport-McMoRan, MP Materials, Energy Fuels and Canadian metals firms. Sources say the administration plans to announce several commercial deals and memorandums of understanding.