US MBA mortgage application index for the week ending July 31: 240 (prior 247.2).

泰國商業部：今年大米出口目標維持在700萬噸。

Italian media reported on the 4th that Lebanon and Israel began a new round of US-mediated security talks in Rome at the US embassy, scheduled for three days to implement an end‑June Washington framework on border security. European outlets said negotiations focus on an Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, unresolved boundary disputes and HEZBOLLAH disarmament; both sides sent technical delegations.