Suncor Energy's Sarnia refinery in Ontario will conduct maintenance over the next few days and will temporarily use its flare system, a local community alert said.

Shanghai issued its 15th Five-Year Health Development Plan, prioritizing expanded fertility support and maternal-child services. Measures include a childcare subsidy scheme, strengthened maternity leave, early-pregnancy care, and a birth-defect prevention capacity building plan. The city will develop integrated medical-education services, expand and standardize maternal and child facilities, and improve childcare for children under three. Maternity insurance benefits will be optimized and coverage standards adjusted to raise maternity medical expense protection, aiming for zero personal co-payments for prenatal checks and inpatient deliveries within policy scope, and to increase coverage for pain-relief childbirth and assisted reproductive technology (ART) costs.

Romanian nuclear producer Nuclearelectrica said the second reactor remains connected to the grid and is operating normally despite low Danube water levels.