Kremlin says Russia will never start a third world war but will take all necessary measures to ensure its security.

Consumer 3D-printing firm Snapmaker has completed a new 1.0 bln yuan financing round led by Cathay Capital. TAL Education’s strategic investment arm co-invested, and existing shareholders—including Meituan’s strategic investment arm, Meituan Longzhu, Hillhouse Ventures and Shunwei Capital—substantially oversubscribed. Gaohu Capital acted as sole financial adviser. The transaction is among the largest single rounds in the consumer hardware sector since 2025 and the largest primary-market financing in consumer-grade 3D printing in the past two years.

U.S. stocks opened lower and extended losses: the Nasdaq-100 fell more than 2%, the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index dropped over 6%, and SanDisk (SNDK.O) and Western Digital (WDC.O) are each down more than 10%.