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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — An international standard for automated driving testing scenarios has been officially released, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Monday.

Developed under the leadership of China, the standard establishes evaluation procedures and scenario testing methods for automated driving systems.

The release of this standard reflects an important international consensus on autonomous driving testing and verification technologies, meeting the industry's growing needs for safety assessment and test verification, the ministry said.

The ministry will cooperate with industry institutes and research centers in China's automobile industry, including the Technology Research Center, to further contribute to the development and revision of international standards in this field.

China is at the forefront of autonomous driving development, according to McKinsey

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BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) — The Peace and Friendship Forum dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War was held in Shenyang, capital of northeast China's Liaoning Province, on Thursday. The event, titled "Common Destiny, Joint Path to Peace," brought together distinguished guests from SCO member states and friendly countries, media representatives, experts and scholars to discuss ways of peaceful development.

The forum, held in the heroic city that holds the memory of the war of resistance, was a tribute to the historic victory over fascism 80 years ago, a profound call for the formation of a community with a shared future for mankind, and a declaration of peace that looks to the future, according to local newspaper Shenyang Daily. Participants actively exchanged views on thematic issues and answered questions from the media.

Eighty years ago, the Chinese people, shoulder to shoulder with other peoples of the world, won a great victory in the anti-fascist war. Shenyang has always regarded it as its important mission to spread the ideals of peace and preserve the spirit of the war of resistance, passing on from generation to generation the deep-rooted belief in peace.

Su Xiaohui, deputy director of the US studies department at the China Institute of International Studies, said that consensual cooperation among the international community is needed to maintain the post-war world order. China, as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, calls on more countries to pay attention to contemporary global challenges and take the path of peace even further.

According to her, the SCO plays a key role in ensuring international security. The countries have a common divisor in interests. China is actively developing a deep partnership for the sake of peace and hopes that SCO members and other partners of the international community will move towards each other with it.

Professor Li Dong of the School of Humanities of Liaoning University noted that Shenyang has a significant set of national-level relics related to the war of resistance and rich "red" resources. "Based on this profound historical and cultural heritage, Shenyang should spread its stories to the world, honor the great victory and strive for peace and prosperity together with all peace-loving countries and peoples."

Professor Cui Zheng, director of the Center for Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies at Liaoning University, stressed that as the starting point of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Shenyang has great potential for cooperation with Russian cities in preserving the historical legacy of World War II. -0-

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QINGDAO, July 8 (Xinhua) — Member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will cooperate in building higher-quality cultural and tourism projects to promote high-quality development of humanitarian cooperation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China said Monday.

This decision was made at the 22nd meeting of the ministers of culture of the SCO member states and the meeting of the heads of tourism administrations of the SCO member states, which took place on Monday in the city of Qingdao in Shandong Province (Eastern China).

China, which assumed the rotating SCO presidency for 2024-2025, chaired both events, which were attended by officials and representatives of cultural and tourism departments from 10 SCO member states, as well as the SCO Secretary General.

At the events, all parties unanimously agreed to nominate the city of Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan as a candidate city for the status of “SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital” for the period 2025-2026, and also approved a list of cultural exchange projects within the SCO for 2025. -0-

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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 7 (Xinhua) — China supports the New Development Bank in strengthening and expanding its scale, Chinese Premier Li Qiang said here Monday.

Li Qiang made the statement at the plenary session of the 17th BRICS summit, calling for progress in reviewing the World Bank's fairness and adjusting the IMF's quota share.

He also called for greater representation and voice for developing countries. –0–

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In recent years, Da'an Township, located in Baisha Li Autonomous County, Hainan Province, has been implementing the "government-enterprise-farmer" cooperation mechanism based on local advantages. At present, the township has built 12 large orchid growing bases with a total area of 500 mu (1 hectare = 15 mu).

It is reported that the orchid industry has become an important engine for rural revitalization in Da'an Township. The establishment of orchid cultivation bases has provided jobs to more than 94,000 people in the surrounding areas.

Photos by Xinhua News Agency correspondent Yang Guanyu.

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HOUSTON, July 7 (Xinhua) — The death toll from flash floods in central Texas has risen to 87, with dozens still missing, local authorities said, as search and rescue efforts entered their fourth day.

Mystic, a 99-year-old Christian summer camp for girls located on the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, is mourning the deaths of at least 27 children and counselors after heavy rains caused a series of flash floods in central Texas on July 4 and 5.

The whereabouts of 10 girls and one camp counselor remained unknown as of Monday morning, County Sheriff Larry Leita said at a news conference.

The sheriff added that as of Monday morning, 48 adults and 27 children had been confirmed dead in Kerr County as a result of the massive flooding. Many of the victims were still unidentified.

Four other counties in the central part of the state reported a total of 12 deaths, including several children.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has warned that more rain is expected in the coming days, leaving parts of the state at risk of further flooding. –0–

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Tbilisi, July 7 /Xinhua/ — Georgia's international gold and foreign exchange reserves increased by USD 103.3 million in June 2025 to USD 4.7 billion, the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) reported on Monday.

According to the regulator, in the conditions of favorable market conditions, the NBG continues the policy of active replenishment of reserves. In particular, in March, net purchases of foreign currency were made for $101.7 million, in April – for $266.4 million, in May – for $245.4 million. The total volume of net purchases for January-May 2025 amounted to $613.5 million.

It is noted that as of June 2025, the share of gold in the total volume of Georgia's international reserves amounted to 16.1 percent /754.4 million dollars/.

“As a result of the change in the price of gold, the value of monetary gold has increased by 254.4 million US dollars since its acquisition, which underlines the validity of the National Bank’s strategy to diversify reserves,” the Central Bank said in a statement. –0–

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NEW YORK, July 7 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media on Monday that import duties of 25 percent will be imposed on goods from Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) starting Aug. 1.

In letters addressed to the President of the Republic of Korea and the Prime Minister of Japan, published on the social network Truth Social, D. Trump noted that the new tariff will be separate from all other industry duties.

In nearly identical letters, the American leader wrote: “Please understand that a rate of 25 percent is significantly less than what is required to eliminate the trade deficit we have with your country.”

D. Trump warned that if the two countries respond by raising their tariffs, the United States will also increase its own proportionally.

"As you know, there will be no tariffs if Korea or companies in your country decide to build or manufacture products in the United States. In fact, we will do everything we can to get approvals quickly, professionally, and efficiently — in other words, within weeks," Trump wrote in one of the letters.

The US president had previously indicated that he would send similar letters to about a dozen countries on Monday. –0–

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SANAA, July 7 (Xinhua) — The bulk carrier Magic Seas has completely sunk in the Red Sea about a day after it was attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels, Houthi spokesman Yahya Saria said on Monday.

“The bulk carrier Magic Sea sank completely in the depths of the Red Sea after it was attacked by our armed forces,” Yassir Saria told the Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV channel. The spokesman added that the attack was a response to the ship’s owner’s “repeated violations” of the Houthi-imposed ban on entering Israeli ports.

“The latest of these violations was the entry of three of the company’s ships into occupied Palestinian ports last week, despite warnings from our navy,” said Saria, adding: “The moment of the sinking was recorded in audio and video.” –0–

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Moscow, July 7 (Xinhua) — Former Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit was found dead on Monday, several hours after he was dismissed from his post the same day, various sources reported.

"Today in the Odintsovo urban district, the body of the former Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation Roman Vladimirovich Starovoit was found with a gunshot wound in his personal car," said Svetlana Petrenko, official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, on Monday. "Investigative bodies of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia for the Moscow Region are working on the scene, establishing the circumstances of the incident. The main version is suicide."

According to a report published earlier on Monday on the Kremlin website, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the same day dismissing R. Starovoit from the post of Minister of Transport. As the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov told journalists, the wording of the decree does not contain the words “loss of trust.”

Roman Starovoit was born in 1972 in Kursk. In May 2024, he was appointed Minister of Transport of Russia. Before that, he served as Governor of the Kursk Region. –0–

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