U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order imposing minimum import prices and a 15 percent tariff on products made from polysilicon, a key material for solar panels and semiconductors.

Several foodborne illnesses are currently circulating across the U.S.They include the cyclospora outbreak, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says is linked to iceberg lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms and grown in Mexico.

The Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) on Thursday said that funds raised through IPO in the first seven months of 2026 were 328.2 billion Hong Kong dollars (about 41.8 billion U.S. dollars), up 154 percent from the same period last year.

Temperatures in parts of East China's Shandong Province recently exceeded 40 C. In a grain storage facility in Jiyang, a district of Jinan in Shandong, the average temperature of stored grain remained at about 20 C.

Hydropower generated in Laos has for the first time been transmitted to China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) through the China-Laos 500-kilovolt (kV) interconnection project, marking a new milestone in cross-border clean energy cooperation between the two countries, according to

China's gold market saw divergent demand trends in the first half of 2026, with jewelry consumption declining and investment demand remaining strong amid high prices and new tax policies, industry data showed Thursday.