On the evening of the 6th local time, Iraq’s foreign minister spoke by phone with Iran’s foreign minister. Iran reviewed a plan to resume preparations for talks that includes setting a timetable to launch negotiations, reopening the Strait of Hormuz, reinstituting points from a memorandum of understanding reached in Pakistan, and adding items related to Iran’s nuclear file. Iraq proposed creating a committee of regional ministers to mediate between Iran and the United States and to discuss reach

DALY: Service-sector inflation has not fallen as expected.

The Beijing Economic‑Technological Development Area management committee issued measures to accelerate an open‑source, domestically trusted IT industry hub. The program encourages software and hardware upstream/downstream firms to form alliances for joint adaptation and to develop integrated solutions that address complex, critical business scenarios. It explicitly supports new technologies and products — including super‑node servers, AI terminals, super‑intelligent agents, quantum computing cloud platforms and next‑generation mobile communications — and offers first‑trial/first‑use and pilot validation services. Financial support of up to 30 mln yuan will be awarded based on technological innovation, scenario demonstration, application scalability and ecosystem collaboration.