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On May 31, the Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on May 30, local time, stating that in response to the Ecuadorian government's earlier announcement that it would stop imposing a "safety tax" on Colombian goods, Colombia would lift its trade retaliatory measures against Ecuador and promote the normalization of bilateral economic and trade relations.

May 31 - A Bloomberg survey of economists' median forecast indicates that the U.S. unemployment rate will remain unchanged at 4.3% in May, while nonfarm payrolls will increase by 89,000. This increase would push the three-month average job growth rate to its highest level in over a year, sparking discussions about a continued acceleration in hiring. Forecasters expect the healthcare sector to maintain its strong momentum, while cyclical sectors such as construction, leisure, and hospitality will also see a recovery, with demand in these sectors likely benefiting from the warm weather of the past month. Manufacturing employment may also be boosted as consumers stockpile goods in anticipation of potential price increases following a potential conflict with Iran.

On May 31, according to Iranian state television, Saeed Ajorlou, a member of Iran's Media Committee, stated on Saturday that Tehran had not yet approved the final draft of the proposed agreement with the United States, and warned that Iran might withdraw from the agreement if the US failed to fulfill its commitments. In an interview, Ajorlou said that to his knowledge, as of Friday evening, the final text had not been approved, but the differences between the two sides were minimal. He stated, "If the final text is approved, we will enter a 60-day phase of detailed consultations," adding that each of the 14 articles of the agreement contains annexes that require further negotiation. Ajorlou emphasized that the implementation mechanism is more important than the text itself, especially regarding the acquisition of Iranian assets and the fulfillment of commitments by the other side. He stated that the proposed agreement includes a clause allowing Iran to withdraw from the agreement if the other side fails to fulfill its commitments. He indicated that Iran could withdraw from the agreement if violations occur, including breaches of the ceasefire agreement, failure to grant access to Iranian funds, or failure to lift the naval blockade. He added that if commitments are not fulfilled in the initial phase, Iran will reconsider its participation in the proposed 60-day negotiations.

The Indian government stated that the current consumption tax rates for gasoline and diesel consumed domestically will remain unchanged.

On May 31, local time, Ibrahim Rezaei, spokesman for the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on May 30 that the naval blockade against Iran “will eventually end, whether through negotiations or military action.”

According to the Financial Times, SoftBank has pledged €75 billion to build Europe’s largest artificial intelligence facility in France.

Israeli military broadcasts confirmed that Hezbollah launched 30 missiles into the occupied northern region in the past few hours, targeting areas including Safarid, Nahariya, Kermer, and Miron.

Statement: The U.S. military took action against non-compliant vessels in the Gulf of Oman to prevent violations of blockade measures.

According to the British newspaper The Sun, if Burnham is successfully elected as the mayor of Greater Manchester, a major cabinet reshuffle is expected.

According to the British newspaper The Sun, Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, is considering calling an early election if elected Prime Minister.

American Automobile Association: Data shows that the average retail price of gasoline across the United States on the 30th was $4.35 per gallon, down 4 cents from the previous day and down 17 cents from a week ago, but still 46% higher than pre-war levels in Iran.

SpaceX: Falcon 9 rocket launches 24 Starlink satellites from California.

Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation: Ukrainian drones attacked the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant on Saturday.

On May 30th, the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission publicly solicited opinions on the "Guangdong Provincial Regulations on the Development of Low-Altitude Economy (Draft for Solicitation of Opinions)." The regulations focus on the prominent bottlenecks hindering the development of Guangdong's low-altitude economy, offering targeted and precise measures and making specific institutional arrangements. For example, regarding insufficient airspace access, the regulations establish a collaborative operation mechanism for low-altitude airspace to improve airspace utilization efficiency; regarding inadequate infrastructure, they emphasize key aspects such as infrastructure construction planning, operation management, and renovation; regarding insufficient safety supervision, they strengthen the supervision and management of flight activities and implement low-altitude safety responsibilities; and regarding limited application scenarios, they expand low-altitude economic application scenarios according to relevant classifications and systematically explore and promote new low-altitude economic application scenarios.

On May 30th, GalaxyVS, an AI-powered virtual screening platform for large-scale drug discovery, was officially launched. Based on the next-generation Tianhe supercomputing system, the platform targets a space of nearly 100 billion synthetic compounds and constructs an end-to-end technology system covering molecular characterization, vector retrieval, diversity control, affinity reordering, and large-scale task scheduling. This provides a highly efficient, high-precision, and scalable new foundational platform for innovative drug development. The platform was jointly developed by an AI biomedical team led by Meng Xiangfei, Party Secretary and Chief Scientist of the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, and Professor Lan Yanyan of the Institute for Intelligent Industry at Tsinghua University.

On May 30th, the State Administration for Market Regulation announced that, in order to adapt to the needs of combating and rectifying pyramid schemes under the new circumstances, protect the legitimate rights and interests of natural persons, legal persons, and unincorporated organizations, and maintain market order and social stability, it has organized the revision of the "Regulations on Prohibiting Pyramid Schemes," resulting in the "Draft Regulations on Prohibiting Pyramid Schemes (Revised Draft for Public Comment)," which is now open for public comment. The public comment period is from May 29th to June 28th, 2026. The draft revisions focus on the following aspects: adding specific content on combating online pyramid schemes; strengthening the working mechanisms and measures for preventing and combating pyramid schemes; and increasing the legal liabilities for pyramid schemes.

On May 30, at the invitation of Valentina Matviyenko, Chairwoman of the Federation Council of Russia, and Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma, Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, paid an official friendly visit to Russia from May 27 to 30. In Moscow, he held separate talks with Matviyenko and Volodin and attended the 11th meeting of the China-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. Zhao Leji stated that the exchange mechanism between the legislative bodies of China and Russia is increasingly完善 (perfected/improved), playing an important role in optimizing the legal environment for bilateral cooperation and consolidating the public opinion foundation of bilateral relations. Both sides should, based on the functions and responsibilities of their legislative bodies, maintain the good momentum of multi-level and multi-field exchanges, enhance mutual understanding and trust, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, and better serve the development of the China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination for a new era. Exchanges of legislative experience should be conducted in areas such as national security, ecological and environmental protection, artificial intelligence, and foreign-related legal affairs.

According to AXIOS, the first Windows PCs equipped with NVIDIA (NVDA.O) chips will be unveiled next week.

On May 30th, Xiaomi officially unveiled its end-to-end optimization solution for the inference system of the MiMo-V2.5 series models. According to Xiaomi, the team systematically reconstructed the entire inference stack, from KVCache management, hierarchical caching, and prefix caching to scheduling strategies and the Prefill/Decode link, based on a hybrid architecture of Hybrid SWA+MoE+multimodal. KVCache storage was compressed to approximately 1/7 of comparable solutions, significantly reducing inference costs in long-sequence scenarios—this is the core technological foundation for this price reduction. On May 27th, the MiMo-V2.5 series API underwent a permanent price reduction, with a maximum reduction of 99%, regardless of input length.

On May 30, the nation's first green computing power full-stack AI platform was officially launched in the Hohhot Area of the Inner Mongolia Pilot Free Trade Zone, filling the gap in the region's one-stop computing power model word element comprehensive service transaction.