Russian presidential aide Ushakov said US presidential envoy Witkoff and Trump son-in-law Kushner will continue to assist peace efforts and are prepared to visit Moscow.

Semiconductor and broader tech-sector volatility has picked up since July. Harvest Fund head of large-tech research Wang Guizhong told a company media briefing he remains positive on China tech assets and is optimistic about an accelerated domestic AI catch-up, saying AI-related tech currently shows no systemic risk and does not warrant a bearish conclusion. He favors optical communications tied to high-rate upgrades, parts of the chain seeing price recovery, and semiconductor equipment, citing AI-cluster interconnect demand, optical-module upgrades from 800G to 1.6T and trends such as co‑packaged optics (CPO) and non‑packaged optics (NPO) as durable demand drivers and higher-certainty growth within compute infrastructure.

Russian presidential aide Ushakov said Trump offered to help reach a solution to the Ukraine conflict ahead of the NATO summit.