China names Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha to lead 10-player table tennis roster for Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games starting September 19.

South Africa loses to Canada 1-0 in World Cup round of 32 in Johannesburg, ending their knockout‑stage run on June 29, 2026.

South Africa's World Cup campaign ended with a 1-0 loss to Canada in stoppage time of the round of 32 match on June 29, 2026. Despite the defeat, fans across Johannesburg celebrated the team's historic first knockout‑stage appearance since 2002.

Germany halts all rail services after nationwide train radio outage. Passengers stranded as Deutsche Bahn works to restore GSM-R system.

All rail services in Germany were suspended on Tuesday evening due to a nationwide disruption of the GSM-R digital rail radio system, with Deutsche Bahn holding all trains at stations and working to resolve the issue. Dozens of passengers were stranded at Berlin's Westkreuz S-Bahn station, and the entire Berlin S-Bahn network was affected, with services suspended on all lines and passengers advised to use BVG alternatives.

Chinese banks curb retail precious metals trading channels, tighten risk controls amid market concerns

Major Chinese banks are restricting retail precious metals trading services and tightening risk controls amid risk concerns.

China's LineShine supercomputer tops latest TOP500 ranking with 2.198 EFLOPS, first system to sustain over 2 EFLOPS on HPL benchmark, Shenzhen center says

China's domestically-developed LineShine supercomputer has topped the latest TOP500 list with 2.198 EFLOPS of sustained double-precision performance, becoming the world's first supercomputer to sustain more than 2 EFLOPS on the High Performance Linpack benchmark, according to the National Supercomputing Center in Shenzhen.