A top executive at Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines said that despite strong freight rates, the company has no plans to expand its oil tanker fleet.

Hungary's finance minister said the government will sharply cut the budget deficit in 2027 and aims to meet euro-adoption criteria before 2030.

On Sept. 7 Heytea's Heytea GO mini-program quietly restored an application entry labelled "I want to become a partner" and updated its applicant guidance. The guidance adds risk warnings urging applicants to assess opportunities rationally, invest prudently and submit truthful, complete information, and clarifies that submitting an application does not establish a partnership; Heytea may reject applications at any review stage. This is the first reopening of the official application channel since Heytea suspended new franchise applications in Feb. 2025, citing "refusing meaningless scale competition."