SICHUAN, 08 July 2026 - Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

OSHITAYI, 08 July 2026 - Ondangwa Urban Constituency Councillor Leonard Negonga address learners during the Ondangwa Urban Annual Constituency Culture Festival 2026 on Wednesday. (Photo: Ester Hakaala) NAMPA

BEIJING, 09 July 2026 - Director of Sinomine Group and Chief Executive Officer of Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter, Logan Lou Yonggang. (Photo: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

GABORONE, 06 July 2026 - Southern African officials will meet in Johannesburg from 15 to 17 July to advance public spending efficiency through cost-benefit analysis. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

NEW YORK, 07 July 2026 - Diene Keita, Executive Director of UNFPA. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA.

WINDHOEK, 07 July 2026 - Ana Beatriz Martins, European Union (EU) Ambassador to Namibia. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

GENEVA, 06 July 2026 - Minister of Information and Communication Technology, Emma Theofelus, pictured with Chairperson of the PowerCom Board, Eldorette Harmse, Director of the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Dr Cosmas Luckyson Zavazava; and Namibia's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Elvis Shiweda, during the Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday. (Photo by: Josephina Simeon) NAMPA

GUANGZHOU, 06 July 2026 - A car assembly line at the Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) car company. GAC is China’s state-owned automaker. Which manufactures vehicles under its own marques (GAC Motor and AION) and operates highly successful joint ventures with Honda and Toyota. With global reach across 86 regions, it is rapidly expanding into EVs and international production. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

FILED - 04 June 2025, Bavaria, Munich: FILE PHOTO - Germany's Robin Gosens in action during the UEFA Nations League A semi final soccer match between Germany and Portugal at Munich Football Arena. Photo: Christian Charisius/dpa

FILED - 13 May 2026, Hess, Frankfurt/Main: FILE PHOTO - CEO of Commerzbank AG Bettina Orlopp SPEAKS during an interview with the German Press Agency (dpa) on the 47th floor of the Commerzbank building in Frankfurt. Photo: Boris Roessler/dpa

09 July 2026, Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg: Chair of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG Daniela Cavallo (R) and IG Metall regional director for Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt and chief negotiator for the VW in-house collective bargaining agreement Thorsten Groeger speak to media representatives at the Sandkamp gate of the VW plant following the IG Metall rally. On the day of the Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board meeting in Wolfsburg, IG Metall is organizing information and protest events nationwide at numerous company locations. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

09 July 2026, Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg: Chair of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG Daniela Cavallo (R) and IG Metall regional director for Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt and chief negotiator for the VW in-house collective bargaining agreement Thorsten Groeger speak to media representatives at the Sandkamp gate of the VW plant following the IG Metall rally. On the day of the Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board meeting in Wolfsburg, IG Metall is organizing information and protest events nationwide at numerous company locations. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

09 July 2026, Lower Saxony, Wolfsburg: Chair of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG Daniela Cavallo (R) and IG Metall regional director for Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt and chief negotiator for the VW in-house collective bargaining agreement Thorsten Groeger speak to media representatives at the Sandkamp gate of the VW plant following the IG Metall rally. On the day of the Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board meeting in Wolfsburg, IG Metall is organizing information and protest events nationwide at numerous company locations. Photo: Moritz Frankenberg/dpa

(260709) -- BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Consumers shop at a market in Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 9, 2026. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in the first six months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. In June alone, the CPI gained 1 percent year on year and edged down 0.3 percent month on month, with the core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increasing by 1 percent year on year, continuing the moderate upward trend. (Photo by Yi Fan/Xinhua)

(260709) -- BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Consumers check out at a supermarket in Yangzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 9, 2026. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in the first six months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. In June alone, the CPI gained 1 percent year on year and edged down 0.3 percent month on month, with the core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increasing by 1 percent year on year, continuing the moderate upward trend. (Photo by Ren Fei/Xinhua)

(260709) -- BEIJING, July 9, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A consumer shops at a supermarket in Hebi City, central China's Henan Province, July 9, 2026. The consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in the first six months of 2026, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) revealed. In June alone, the CPI gained 1 percent year on year and edged down 0.3 percent month on month, with the core CPI, which excludes food and energy prices, increasing by 1 percent year on year, continuing the moderate upward trend. (Photo by Zhao Yongqiang/Xinhua)