WINDHOEK, 13 July 2026 - The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia's (CRAN) newly appointed Manager for Economics and Market Development, Bridget Ellen Dundee. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

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

(260715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters work near the fire site of the Oxy building on De Brouckere Square, Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2026. Multiple people have died on Tuesday in a fire at the well-known Oxy building on De Brouckere Square, in the center of Brussels. According to local media, 6 people are still missing. The fire brigade has deployed en masse for a major search and rescue operation. (Xinhua/Peng Ziyang)

(260715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Tourists visit the Palace of Fontainebleau in Seine-et-Marne, France, as smoke from a wildfire is seen in the distance, on July 14, 2026. French police have detained 59 people across the country in connection with wildfires, including two suspects linked to the blaze in the Fontainebleau forest in Seine-et-Marne department, southeast of Paris, French Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said on Monday. The wildfire in the Fontainebleau forest broke out on Sunday evening and continued to spread on Monday. (Xinhua/Wu Huiwo)

(260715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A volunteer (L) and a rescuer bump fists in Yunbiao Town, Hengzhou City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, July 14, 2026. Efforts are underway to support flood relief and recovery in Guangxi, which has been hit by severe rainstorms and flooding caused by Typhoon Maysak. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)

(260715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A drone photo taken on July 14, 2026 shows a view of the international container terminal at Yantai Port in east China's Shandong Province. China's foreign trade jumped 16.9 percent year on year in the first half of 2026 (H1) to 25.47 trillion yuan (about 3.75 trillion U.S. dollars), marking the first time the figure has exceeded 25 trillion yuan for the same period, official data showed Tuesday. China retains its position as the world's largest goods trader amid the robust performance, according to the data from the General Administration of Customs (GAC). (Photo by Tang Ke/Xinhua)

(260715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A researcher demonstrates the high-performance perovskite-organic tandem solar cell device at a laboratory of the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), in Beijing, capital of China, July 3, 2026. A new type of solar cell developed by a team of Chinese scientists has achieved a certified steady-state power conversion efficiency of 28.04 percent, setting a new world record for this class of solar cells. The team, led by Li Yongfang, an academician at the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Meng Lei, a researcher from the institute, developed the high-performance perovskite-organic tandem solar cell by incorporating a photo-transformable stabilizer. The study was published online in Nature on Monday. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

(260715) -- BEIJING, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A police officer helps a Thai passenger with entry registration at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 13, 2026. Since the beginning of this year, inbound and outbound passenger traffic at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport has continued to grow, with a significant increase in foreign passenger traffic. In the first half of 2026, the airport handled more than 1.48 million inbound and outbound passenger trips, up 39.5 percent year on year. (Photo by Zeng Yanyan/Xinhua)

(260715) -- TORONTO, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- People cool off in the Lake Ontario during a heatwave in Toronto, Canada, on July 14, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)

(260715) -- TORONTO, July 15, 2026 (Xinhua) -- A pet dog cools off in the Lake Ontario during a heatwave in Toronto, Canada, on July 14, 2026. (Photo by Zou Zheng/Xinhua)