China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) automatically determined a roughly M7.2 earthquake occurred near Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula at 11:35 on Oct 16, located at 51.88°N, 157.11°E.

英國財政大臣希利：預算將符合財政規則。

Shanghai Cyberspace Administration and Shanghai Data Bureau issued measures to facilitate cross-border data flows, aligning with national data-export security rules. The measures systematize linkage of data-export security assessments, filing of standard contracts for personal-information transfers, personal-information export certification and a data-export negative list; establish cross-department coordination and streamlined filing procedures to guide firms to lawfully, efficiently use the negative list for transfers; and commit to expanding sector coverage and dynamically updating the list.