Lebanese President Aoun said the US-brokered framework agreement with Israel must be fully implemented by both sides.

Indian Prime Minister MODI met Iranian President PEZESHKIAN on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Bishkek.

Three IPO subscriptions next week: Aug. 31 for Beijing Stock Exchange new issue Baimaike; Sept. 2 for STAR Market new issue Suiruan Technology; Sept. 3 for STAR Market new issue Xinnowei. Suiruan is the only unlisted member of the so-called domestic GPU quartet alongside Moore Threads, Muxi and Biren; once listed the four will all trade publicly. Moore Threads, Muxi and Biren rose 425.46%, 692.95% and 75.82% respectively on their first trading days. Suiruan’s prospectus shows a proposed issuance of 43.035173 mln shares, about 10% of post-issue capital; post-issue share count roughly 430 mln. The IPO targets 6 bln yuan to fund R&D and industrialization of 5th- and 6th-generation AI chips and advanced AI hardware-software co-innovation projects to bolster China’s domestic compute base.