The National Bureau of Statistics said China’s August surveyed urban unemployment rate rose 0.1 ppt to 5.3%, attributing the increase mainly to a seasonal influx of new graduates entering the labor force. The core 30–59 age group's urban surveyed unemployment rate held at 3.9% month-on-month and year-on-year. By sector, manufacturing employment was broadly stable; information transmission, software and IT services saw a marked rise in employment; accommodation and catering continued to expand jo

U.S. Senator Warner's spokesperson said Warner had discussed AI risks with ANTHROPIC's Amodei and OpenAI's Altman.

Sultan Barakat says Houthi advances along the Red Sea coast — after seizing Mocha, moving into Dhubab and reaching Perim Island at the narrowest point of the Bab al‑Mandeb — have changed the strategic geometry and given the group unprecedented leverage over one of the world’s key maritime chokepoints. He warns the latest escalation is not just another phase of Yemen’s civil war or solely an Iranian move against Gulf states; it is simultaneously a contest for control of Yemen, a renewed confrontation with Saudi Arabia and an additional front in the wider Iran‑Israel‑US conflict. Barakat cites misjudgments about Yemen’s force balance, Houthi efforts to improve negotiating leverage and spillover from the Iran‑Israel war as drivers of the escalation.