港股收盤，恆指收漲0.09%，科指收跌1.21%。百度(09888.HK)績後跌11%，中國聯通(00762.HK)跌12.36%；小米集團(01810.HK)漲4.8%。

On Aug 19, 2026 in Beijing, China foreign minister Wang Yi met Chile foreign minister Pérez. They agreed to maintain exchanges at all levels and consolidate high‑level trust, offering mutual support on issues of core interest. China said it is willing to deepen cooperation around APEC "China Year", accelerate construction of an Asia-Pacific community and an Asia-Pacific free-trade area, align development strategies and steadily advance existing cooperation projects. Both sides flagged plans to deepen collaboration in artificial intelligence and the digital economy and to promote multilateralism within a UN-centered international order.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and UN Satellite Centre said in a geospatial assessment on June 24, 2026 that only 3% of Gaza Strip farmland is both accessible and undamaged, a 25.5% decline since October 2025. The drop mainly reflects reduced access to fields rather than additional physical destruction. FAO said urgent action is needed to restore safe access and provide farmer support or prospects for recovering local food production will continue to shrink. Basic agricultural imports and distribution are constrained; farmers face severe shortages of seed, fertilizer, irrigation equipment, fuel and other inputs, while livestock producers lack feed, veterinary supplies and animal-health services.