The IOC said on July 7 the 2030 Winter Olympics in the French Alps will host about 3,046 athletes — 1,525 women and 1,521 men. The Games will include 126 events: 56 women's, 55 men's and 15 mixed. Alpine freeride and nine-person synchronized figure skating (synchro9) will debut. The IOC executive board confirmed retention of snowboard parallel giant slalom and non-retention of Nordic combined. The Games are scheduled Feb. 1-17, 2030, the fourth Winter Olympics held in France after Chamonix 1924,

China said it will provide additional assistance to Venezuela after the earthquake, adding a RMB 100 mln emergency grant to earlier hard-currency aid. The Chinese Red Cross has provided USD 300,000 in emergency funds. A first chartered shipment of more than 80 tonnes of government relief—generators, water-purification vehicles, tents and blankets—has arrived in Venezuela. China has supplied satellite imagery of the affected areas, and Chinese firms and expatriate communities in Venezuela have provided machinery and food. China said it remains willing to offer further support as the situation develops; President Xi Jinping sent a condolence message to Acting President Rodríguez.

Al Jazeera cited Lebanese diplomatic sources saying Israel is seeking a bilateral mechanism with Lebanon while minimizing US involvement.