Rosstat said Russia's consumer price index rose 0.54% month-on-month in July.

Tencent’s 2026 Q2 results show new AI products — Hunyuan, Yuanbao, WorkBuddy, CodeBuddy and XiaoWei — reduced non‑GAAP operating profit by CNY10.5bn, a marked increase from Q1. President Liu Zhiping said investment allocations are highly dynamic: Tencent will be cautious until it sees a clear breakout, then scale up spending. He said WorkBuddy is currently prioritized due to explosive growth, lowering priority for other AI projects. Liu added economic benefits should emerge over time and the company could switch to a compute‑rental model — which he said would be profitable — as a fallback, giving Tencent confidence.

Aug 12 — Live-ship trials for the Pinglu Canal have begun. Four representative vessels will carry out phased validation of navigation under normal and adverse conditions and a full-line aids-to-navigation efficacy check. The trials are intended to underpin the canal’s scheduled opening in Sept 2026. The Pinglu Canal, a backbone project of the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, is 134.2 km long and designed for 5,000-ton vessels; on completion it will establish a river-sea intermodal trunk linking southwest China to the sea via the Xijiang mainstem.