
China advancing negotiations on joining DEPA: commerce ministry
The announcement follows the recent establishment of the work team for China’s accession to the world’s first regional agreement on digital economy.

The announcement follows the recent establishment of the work team for China’s accession to the world’s first regional agreement on digital economy.
Nearly two-thirds of Europe is threatened by drought.
As tourists flock to Greenland to take in its breathtaking icebergs and natural beauty, authorities are mulling ways to control crowds to protect the fragile environment, already threatened by global warming.
Flushed with the success of the Ukrainian grain shipment deal it helped negotiate, Turkey is hoping to eventually translate its position as a mediator between Kyiv and Moscow into a peace agreement.
Ben & Jerry’s lost its bid Monday to block its parent company Unilever from selling its ice cream in West Bank settlements.

27 ships carrying grain have departed Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea since August 1.
Nico Woods, a US Naval Academy graduate, is a former nuclear submarine officer who is qualified to operate and supervise the US Navy’s most advanced nuclear reactors as a nuclear engineer.
The junior coalition party Freedom and Solidarity issued an ultimatum to Finance Minister Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) at the start of the summer: either he steps down by the end of August, or Freedom and Solidarity leaves the coalition, and the fall of the government is looking more likely than ever as the summer comes to an end.
Europe’s intense summer heat waves have brought rivers across the continent to their lowest levels in years.
The government on Monday rejected a claim from Poland that Germany had spread fake news following the deaths of large numbers of fish in the Oder River.