Market sources: Russian President Putin is meeting with members of the State Duma.

NVIDIA said on its blog it is deploying the Vera CPU across EDA workflows for next‑generation CPU and GPU development, working with Cadence and Synopsys to optimize key EDA applications. NVIDIA said Vera demonstrates how a high‑performance CPU architecture can accelerate complex CPU, GPU and AI system‑design workloads. The company plans a next‑generation Rosa processor featuring the Rigel core and will continue optimizing EDA toolchains across its CPU roadmap.

Yemen's Houthi movement said on the 26th it attacked three Saudi oil tankers in the past 48 hours and is enforcing maritime blockade measures against vessels linked to Saudi Arabia. The Houthis announced a maritime blockade of Saudi targets on the 20th and warned international shipping that vessels trading with Saudi ports could face military strikes. Lebanese Al Mayadeen reported on the 26th that 16 Saudi vessels were denied passage and forced to turn back in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait.