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Municipal authorities in Beijing have introduced a package of measures to stabilize the property market and better meet residents' housing consumption needs. The policies reduce the required period for social insurance or individual income tax payment records for non-local families to buy homes within the fifth ring road from two years to one year.

Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan have signed the Makkah Joint Defense Agreement, pledging that an armed attack against any one of the three countries will be treated as an attack against them all.

Authorities say China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project has delivered more than 80 billion cubic meters of water through its middle route, benefiting nearly 118 million people in 27 cities.

China says Japan's accelerated pursuit of offensive weapons is increasingly dangerous and should put regional countries on high alert.

China's foreign trade in goods has continued to maintain sound growth, rising 17.3 percent to over 30 trillion yuan or more than 4.4 trillion US dollars in the first seven months of the year.