Europe faces a projected 510,000-barrel-a-day Q4 jet-fuel deficit as disrupted Middle Eastern supply forces buyers to source fuel from as far away as South Korea.
United Russia leads Russia’s first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion as Moscow suffers what authorities call its largest drone assault of the war.
Germany’s political centre was squeezed from both directions as the AfD topped Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Left Party won Berlin.
The Trump administration is reportedly preparing sweeping financial sanctions on the International Criminal Court, although the plan has not yet been formally announced.
China’s CXMT says its fifth-generation DRAM platform has entered mass production, with a new process designed to increase chip output per wafer by at least 50%.
Poland has formally joined a Ukraine-led European coalition seeking to develop a cheaper anti-ballistic missile alternative to the US-made Patriot system.
Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation following complaints that women were filmed through smart glasses without consent as French workplaces consider restrictions.
Congress has passed legislation giving President Trump authority to impose tariffs of up to 100% on goods from major buyers of Russian oil and gas.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will brief the UN Security Council next week as the 15-member body holds a meeting on artificial intelligence and international security.
Nearly 50 French nationals accused of Islamic State membership are due to face Iraqi trials from September 20, where terrorism convictions can carry the death penalty.
