China’s Ministry of Finance released its 1H 2026 fiscal policy implementation report saying it will proactively stabilize employment to raise incomes and strengthen employment support for priority and vulnerable groups. The report calls for adapting to structural demographic shifts and migration by optimizing basic public-service layouts (education, healthcare), implementing childcare subsidies, free preschool and elderly-care consumption subsidies, and reinforcing inclusive, foundational and sa

Air India has cancelled flights to and from Riyadh scheduled before October 10, citing regional developments.

The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences held their 2026 annual cooperation meeting in Beijing on the 8th and signed a series of institute–enterprise cooperation agreements and major projects. Since launching an annual coordination mechanism in 2023, the two sides have initiated over 1,200 projects with cumulative funding above 32 billion yuan; central SOE R&D spending has exceeded 1 trillion yuan for four consecutive years. Cooperation focuses on energy development, deep‑sea exploration, green transition and equipment manufacturing, while CAS reports breakthroughs in AI, integrated circuits and bio‑breeding — steps cited as strengthening industrial and supply‑chain security and supporting major national programmes including manned space and lunar/Mars exploration.