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12 storiesChina's tax administration issues unified national penalty discretion standards
China's State Taxation Administration has issued the National Tax Administrative Penalty Discretion Standards (2026 edition), according to Xinhua, Jiemian and 36Kr. Jiemian reported the standards cover 9 categories and 66 penalty items, tak…
China's seawater desalination capacity tops 3 million tons per day
China's total seawater desalination capacity has reached 3.077 million tons per day, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. The government aims to raise the national total to 4.5 million tons per day by 2030 under a plan issued in July by …
Norway plans temporary ban on camera-equipped AI glasses in some places
Norway's government announced on October 5 that it plans to temporarily ban camera-equipped AI glasses in certain places, saying the aim is to protect privacy and stop people being filmed without their knowledge. According to a statement fr…
Saudi Arabia bans sharing missile interception footage; China embassy warns citizens
Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry issued a multilingual emergency notice in the early hours of 6 October saying that photographing, publishing or spreading information about intercepted missiles and drones, or where they fall, would lead to …
Trump signs order easing highway limits on tax-exempt diesel
US President Trump signed an executive order on October 5 local time that temporarily suspends some federal restrictions on red-dyed diesel, allowing tax-exempt fuel normally limited to off-road use to be used for highway transport. Trump s…
China safety officials order holiday-return traffic and mine checks in video dispatch
The State Council Work Safety Committee Office and the Ministry of Emergency Management held a video dispatch on October 5 on National Day holiday safety work, with minister Zhang Chengzhong calling for continued implementation of Xi Jinpin…
Israel restricts crew from 27 nationalities on flights to Israel
Israel's Transport Ministry has told foreign airlines that crew holding single or dual nationality of 27 countries, including Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, may not operate or travel on flights to Israel. Busin…
Chongqing launches special campaign over motorcycle photo-shoot safety hazards
Chongqing has started a special rectification and regulation campaign over safety hazards in commercial motorcycle photo shoots known as “landing-sign” shoots on Nanbin Road, including riders taking their hands off the handlebars, occupying…
Apple to tighten macOS Full Disk Access as autonomous AI agents raise risk
Apple said it will tighten macOS’s “Full Disk Access” permission, so apps can obtain it only through a more explicit user action, because AI agents that operate a computer autonomously raise the risk of exposing personal data. The company h…
China's Justice Ministry reports 16.54 million mediations in 2025
China's Ministry of Justice said the country's people's mediators handled 16.537 million cases in 2025, with a mediation success rate of 96.5% and 94% of agreements carried out. The ministry counted 697,000 people's mediation committees and…
South Korea's Lee Jae-myung orders probe into bank customer data leaks
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung ordered a thorough investigation into a series of personal data leaks at banks and public institutions, his office said on 4 October. Financial authorities said about 25,000 Shinhan Bank customers' infor…
Hunan targets full-chain natural resource asset management system by 2035
Hunan's Department of Natural Resources said it recently issued a work plan to implement central government opinions on improving the natural resource asset management system. The plan builds a “1+8+13” framework — one implementation opinio…