Data.ai shows AliExpress led Brazil shopping app downloads on the first day of August promotions, ahead of Mercado Libre, Amazon, Temu and Shopee. First-day sales rose 85% versus the June promotion, with Brand+ branded merchants the primary growth driver. AliExpress has ramped up investment in Brazil year-to-date; both cross-border small/light parcels and overseas-warehouse medium-to-large goods are expanding, and Chinese brands are gaining share.

克里姆林宫：对伦敦计划向基辅转让风暴阴影巡航导弹生产技术持极度负面态度。

Commonwealth Bank economist Belinda Allen said the RESERVE BANK OF AUSTRALIA views inf risks as skewed to the upside and that debate over the appropriate policy response is intensifying. She questioned whether C.BANK is losing patience—possibly—or may be using verbal intervention to ensure financial conditions remain tight until inf shows more substantive progress. Allen added current inf prints are insufficient to declare victory: Q2 inf undershot expectations largely due to volatile components that risk rebounding in coming months.