Pakistan's foreign ministry said on Sept. 9 it held a phone call with Egypt's foreign minister to discuss escalating attacks in the Middle East, reiterated the need for close consultations with Saudi Arabia and Turkey, and agreed to meet during the upcoming UN General Assembly in New York.

Senior Trump administration official said an import ban on Canadian goods will take effect in about three weeks.

Beijing municipal government issued its high-end precision-industry development plan for the 15th Five-Year period, targeting major breakthroughs in new productive forces by 2030 and significant gains by 2035. The plan elevates high-end industries to better serve national strategic priorities, aims to lift industrial R&D, indigenous-control capability and regional spillovers, positions Beijing as a globally influential emerging-industry and future-industry hub, and seeks to make the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei region a stronger driver of national high-quality growth.