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On July 25th, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) imposed administrative penalties on Trip.com Group Co., Ltd. for abusing its dominant market position and engaging in monopolistic practices, with fines and confiscations totaling 5.179 billion yuan. This serves as a warning to all platform companies that whether its a simple and direct "choose one of two" approach or a more complex and hidden "technology + ecosystem + behavior" composite monopoly, none can escape the sword of anti-monopoly. Regulatory authorities will not allow any form of abuse of market dominance to exclude or restrict competition. The Trip.com monopoly case is another significant landmark case in the normalized anti-monopoly supervision of the platform economy. It is the first case of a new type of monopolistic behavior and a typical example of in-depth rectification of "involutionary" competition, promoting win-win development for platform companies and operators/workers within the platform. It is of great significance for promoting the innovation and healthy development of my countrys platform economy and high-quality economic and social development.On July 25, US President Trump addressed the conflict with Iran during a speech at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner. Trump said, "Everything is going very well. Dont believe the fake news." He went on to say that the US had "devastated Iran," and that Iran no longer possessed naval and air force combat capabilities. He said, "Although youve seen some things, they have very few drones left." Trump added that he believed Iran "very much wants to reach a deal," but felt "theyre not ready yet." Trump stated, "I dont think the time is right, but Im open to listening."On July 25th, Trip.com issued an announcement regarding its sincere acceptance of the administrative penalty decision from the State Administration for Market Regulation: "Today, we received the Administrative Penalty Decision from the State Administration for Market Regulation. We sincerely accept and resolutely comply with this decision, and will strictly adhere to the regulatory requirements, systematically implementing all rectification measures to ensure their effective execution. We will take this penalty as an opportunity to deeply reflect on our actions, reform ourselves, resolutely abandon inefficient involution competition, and steadfastly pursue high-quality development. We will earnestly fulfill our primary responsibility to maintain fair competition in the industry, paying greater attention to the overall interests of our partners, consumers, and all sectors of society, and are committed to building a symbiotic, harmonious, and healthy cultural tourism ecosystem. Looking to the future, we will always adhere to the bottom line of compliant operation, improve our long-term governance mechanism, earnestly fulfill our corporate social responsibility, and contribute our due share to building my country into a tourism powerhouse."July 25th - The latest epidemic report released by the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on the 24th shows that the cumulative number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the country has risen to 2,905, with 1,269 deaths. The report states that the significant increase in confirmed cases and deaths is mainly due to the DRC health authorities completing a unified calibration of regional and national databases on the 22nd, adding some previously uncounted cases. The report shows that as of the 22nd, a total of 722 patients were receiving isolation or hospitalization treatment, and a total of 519 cases have recovered.According to the Associated Press, the U.S. military said on Friday that it fired on another merchant ship attempting to break its blockade of Iranian ports. The U.S. military rendered the oil tanker M/T Lavine unable to navigate in the Gulf of Oman.
