Axios reports US officials say that in the past 30 days more than 500 vessels transited the southern route of the Strait of Hormuz; about 2% of those vessels were attacked by Iranian drones or missiles.

据国际文传电讯社：俄罗斯阿穆尔州的阿穆尔天然气化工综合体发生火灾，无人员伤亡。

The third‑review draft of the Arable Land Protection and Quality Improvement Law was submitted on Aug. 25 for third reading at the 24th meeting of the 14th National People’s Congress Standing Committee. The draft expands requirements on personnel, funding and compensation; bars any unit or individual from diverting, occupying or misappropriating funds earmarked for high‑standard farmland construction; mandates that the state improve a benefit‑compensation mechanism for major grain‑producing regions, strengthen fiscal transfer payments to grain‑producing areas and major grain counties, and establish inter‑provincial horizontal compensation between grain production and consumption provinces; and adds protections for black soil to prevent net area loss, stop functional degradation, promote quality improvement and ensure sustainable productive capacity.