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The Security Service of Ukraine: Ukraine attacked a Russian airbase in Crimea, destroying or damaging at least seven warplanes.

Bank of America Global Research upgraded its rating on the European telecommunications sector from "neutral" to "overweight".

ECB Governing Council member Mohd Moran: The primary task is to restore inflation to the target level. The second task is monetary sovereignty.

ECB Governing Council member Mollen: French debt demand is strong, and fiscal commitments must be upheld.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: We are ensuring that we will not signal the start of a new round of interest rate hikes.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: We have not made any commitments for the next meeting.

ECB Governing Council member Mollen: June's growth was weak and lacked momentum. A significant increase in growth is not expected in the second quarter.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: We are satisfied with the baseline scenario.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: What happened in the Strait of Hormuz is good news for the world.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: We will release new forecasts in September.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: The June rate hike was the right decision.

ECB Governing Council member Mollan: We are in a good position. The balance of risks is in a reasonable position.

Monaco prosecutor: The car driven by the suspect in Monaco had German license plates and traveled through Italy and several other countries.

The Kremlin stated that the Nord Stream 2022 gas pipeline explosion demonstrates Ukraine's involvement in attacks against critical EU infrastructure. The EU should take the Nord Stream 2022 gas pipeline explosion into account when discussing Ukraine's potential accession to the EU.

On July 3rd, Greencon Biochemical issued an abnormal trading announcement, stating that the company's closing price had deviated by a cumulative 20.66% over three consecutive trading days (July 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, 2026), constituting an abnormal fluctuation in stock trading according to the relevant provisions of the "Shenzhen Stock Exchange Trading Rules." The company noted that market attention to related sectors such as livestock and poultry farming and the veterinary drug industry chain has increased recently, with increased trading activity in these sectors. The company's main business is the research, development, production, and sales of animal health products, plant protection products, and food additives. Currently, its production and operations are normal, and no significant changes have occurred.

On July 3rd, reports surfaced that Zhang Shuyu, head of Tencent's QClaw, has resigned from the company. Zhang herself posted on social media that she left Tencent on June 29th. She also recounted her experience working on QClaw, a consumer-facing product, and mentioned that "QC and WB had the same boss, and for a period of time, the growth teams were composed of the same group of people," thus clarifying that there was never a "horse race" between QClaw and workbuddy within Tencent. Another source familiar with the matter stated that Zhang Shuyu was the product manager for QClaw.

According to TASS: The Russian Ministry of Defense says that Russian troops have taken control of Oleksandrivka in Ukraine.

On July 3, the State Council issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Beautiful China," which mentions actively and steadily promoting and achieving carbon peaking. It calls for implementing a proactive national strategy to address climate change, fulfilling nationally determined contribution targets, solidly advancing carbon peaking actions, and fully implementing a dual control system for total carbon emissions and intensity. The plan emphasizes a multi-energy approach, including wind, solar, hydro, and nuclear power, while deeply carrying out energy-saving and carbon-reduction retrofits and controlling coal consumption. It also calls for rationally controlling the scale of coal-fired power generation and capacity, comprehensively increasing the proportion of renewable energy consumption, and accelerating the replacement of new electricity consumption with new clean energy. Finally, it outlines a comprehensive package of major projects to address climate change, promoting the development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies and the construction of demonstration projects.

On July 3, the State Council issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Beautiful China." The plan proposes promoting green and low-carbon lifestyles. It includes improving the green product certification and labeling system; promoting the sale of new energy vehicles, green smart home appliances, and green building materials in rural areas; promoting green charging for new energy vehicles and green electricity retail packages for residents; improving green consumption incentive mechanisms; expanding the scope and scale of government procurement of green products; fostering ecological culture; continuing activities such as National Ecological Day and World Environment Day; strengthening ecological civilization publicity and education; continuing the "Beautiful China, I am an Actor" series of activities; guiding the public to save water and electricity; promoting the "Clean Plate Campaign"; reducing the use of disposable items; and resisting excessive packaging. The plan also includes improving urban public transportation, slow-traffic systems, and greenway networks to develop green travel.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Iranian Parliament Speaker Qassem Ghalibaf stated that the United States and Israel have failed to achieve any of their objectives in the war. All parties have now concluded that the military operation against Iran has failed.