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Qatar's foreign ministry said the Qatari prime minister and foreign minister held a phone call with Egypt's minister of foreign affairs, migration and expatriates. Qatar said it supports all diplomatic efforts and initiatives aimed at achieving a solution and ensuring freedom of navigation.

At the World Power Battery Conference in Yibin on Sept 3, 2026, Chery Holding Group chairman Yin Tongyue said the automaker is accelerating electrification and pursuing a V2GG transition to a green grid to enable distributed energy and aim for a latecomer advantage. He said Chery’s national manufacturing base now sources more than 52% of production electricity from green power, with over half of factory power supplied by solar and wind. Chery has deployed a green supply‑chain management system that monitors suppliers’ carbon emissions in real time; greening the full chain is a core target for the company’s 15th Five‑Year Plan.