Another city in Hainan, Danzhou, announced partial lockdown for its roughly 1 million residents on Saturday afternoon.

 Bangladesh signed an agreement with the World Bank on Sunday for USD 300 million financing to strengthen local urban institutions.

Cuba struggles with a severe economic and energy crisis, with frequent power blackouts hitting during a torrid summer.

 The deputy chief of Taiwan’s defence ministry’s research and development branch was found dead in a hotel room on Saturday morning

In United States, Monkeypox has now been declared a public health emergency. The coutntry has recorded about 7,000 cases so far.  

Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has saidTaiwan will not escalate conflict, but they will defend their sovereignty.