Japan's prime minister TAKAICHI expressed condolences to the people of Venezuela after an earthquake and has decided to provide $3.5 mln in emergency grant assistance.

Zhao Yuchao, director of the Balance of Payments Department at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange, told a State Council Information Office briefing that foreign investment into China is expected to continue improving; he cited ongoing industrial upgrading and tech innovation as new investment sources, steady institutional opening-up alongside strengthened foreign-investor services and enhanced financial connectivity to ease inbound investment, and a complex external backdrop in which stronger Chinese economic resilience and renminbi stability provide global capital additional diversification options.

Israel's Channel 12 reports the US has not informed Israel of any plans to send additional aerial refueling tankers.