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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says Tehran will keep pursuing peace, provided Washington helps build an atmosphere of trust. Tehran has listed demands for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, including war compensation and lifting of US sanctions.

China has raised the red alert along its eastern coast as Typhoon Dolphin is expected to make landfall. Red is the highest and most severe level in China's four-tier, color-coded warning system.

The 2026 International Congress of Basic Science is underway in Beijing. The annual event brings together some of the world's leading scientific minds, including Nobel laureates, Fields Medalists and Turing Award winners.

Typhoon Dolphin is bringing heavy rains and strong winds to China’s eastern regions, including Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces where it is forecast to make landfall. Shanghai has also moved some residents to safety ahead of the Typhoon’s anticipated arrival.

Products by machine tool maker WFL Millturn Technologies are transported to Hamburg before going to Shanghai by sea. The company's managing director said WFL decided to take a step towards the China International Import Expo given China's role at the heart of the global manufacturing chain.

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi says Iranian and Omani military and naval forces have been holding negotiations based on available maps. He added the strait's reopening hinges on other conditions, including US compensation for its violations of a peace memorandum of understanding.

Data from online ticketing platforms shows that China’s total box office revenue for 2026 has surpassed 24 billion yuan, or more than 3.5 billion US dollars.

China has upgraded its typhoon warning to orange as Typhoon Dolphin moves closer to its eastern coast

Media reports say US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Caine has privately urged senior advisers to President Donald Trump to seek a way to de-escalate the conflict with Iran.

The Africa CDC is expanding the use of the Ebola vaccine developed for the Zaire strain, as the Bundibugyo virus has killed more than 1,800 people. This is after early evidence suggests it may reduce severe illness, with clinical success showing no deaths among previously vaccinated individuals.