法国央行预计法国经济第三季度将增长0.2%。

China’s National Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters and the Ministry of Emergency Management raised Henan’s flood-control emergency response from level 4 to level 3 at 09:00 on August 12. On August 11 central-eastern Henan saw heavy to very heavy rain, with extreme rainfall reported in Pingdingshan and Luoyang. Meteorological forecasts show heavy to very heavy rain from August 12–15 across central‑west and southern Huanghuai and southern North China; parts of central and western Henan along mountain areas may experience extremely heavy rainfall.

South Korea’s finance ministry expects to deploy 600 billion–1 trillion won (about $707m) of new capital into a sovereign-wealth fund targeting AI and other strategic industries next year, and the final amount could exceed initial estimates depending on selected targets and their funding needs, the ministry’s Innovation Growth Office head said on Tuesday. There are currently no plans for the fund to invest directly in Samsung Electronics or SK Hynix. In July Seoul said the Korea Investment Corporation would set up a “strategic industry investment account” with initial capital of at least 20 trillion won (about RMB94bn), targeting AI, semiconductors, data centres and overseas supply-chain core firms and due to be formally launched and operated next year. The fund will also target robotics, energy and battery and grid infrastructure; nuclear, space and quantum technologies are under consideration.