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Briefing: Wednesday, August 31st, the fifth day of the eighth lunar month. Good morning! 1. Hurun’s “2022 Global Unicorn List”: TikTok remains in first place, while Jiaoxia, ZTO Express, and Jianai have been added to the list recently. 2. Tongling, Anhui: Full implementation of \"flexible working hours\" for teachers in the compulsory education stage. 3. A large number of mechanized wells in farmlands in Tongliao City have been damaged and abandoned; the city has established a special task force to conduct inspections and make corrections. 4. Chengdu intensifies social control measures: The 2022 Chengdu International Auto Show has been suspended; further arrangements will be announced later. 5. Ordered to pay 100,000 in repair costs! The first public interest lawsuit in the country regarding the protection of movable cultural relics was adjudicated in its first instance in Jiujiang, Jiangxi. 6. In July, national consumption of refined oil products was 28.3 million tons, a decrease of 8.6% on a year-on-year basis. 7. After 180 years, Britain’s overseas territory of Gibraltar was once again granted city status. 8. Electricity prices soared by nearly 10 times in one year! The EU is considering setting price caps to decouple natural gas prices from electricity prices. 9. Asians make it into the top three of the world’s richest people for the first time! Indian “coal tycoon” Adani becomes the world’s third-richest person. 10. Developments in the Russia-Ukraine situation: The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Ukrainian forces have launched large-scale missile attacks, and Sweden will provide Ukraine with aid worth 1 billion Swedish kronor. 11. 1,136 people in Pakistan have died due to the floods; “the floods have submerged one-third of the country”” ； International Monetary Fund: Approves $1.17 billion in aid for Pakistan. 12. Japanese media: Renowned industrialist and former president of Kyocera, Kazuo Inamori, passed away at the age of 90.