ECB executive board member Schnabel said the energy shock is hitting the euro area particularly hard.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel's freedom to independently determine the priority of its own security remains the guiding principle of the agreement.

China National Bureau of Statistics industrial chief statistician Yu Weining said Jan–May 2026 profits at industrial enterprises above designated size showed strong support from electronics. Equipment-manufacturing profits rose 14.1% YoY, contributing 5.2 percentage points to overall industrial profit growth. Electronics profits surged 103.9% YoY in Jan–May, accounting for 43.1% of the increase in profits at industrial enterprises above designated size, driven by a global AI-led demand spike for high-end compute chips and storage chips.