Saudi civil defense says threat to Khamis Mushait has been eliminated.

Beijing’s municipal industry and information technology bureau and development and reform commission issued the Action Plan to Accelerate Token Economy Development (2026–2028), directing support for software and information-service firms to build token distribution platforms benchmarked to international best practice. The plan targets improved cross-model, cross‑modal and cross‑region platform access, unified APIs, model aggregation, token metering and settlement services; it calls for cultivating leading firms with strong upstream/downstream spillovers and for including token distribution platforms in new-infrastructure planning as efficient service entry points for the intelligent economy.

ING analysts said in a note the Fed’s Wednesday rate hike and signal of further tightening leave the euro exposed to further declines against the dollar in coming weeks. If oil spikes again and the Fed hikes as early as October, EUR/USD could break below 1.14 and test June lows near 1.132. ING said a likely synchronized Fed-ECB hike in December would be neutral for the currency. Conversely, ING expects EUR/USD to reach about 1.16 by year‑end if oil eases and risk sentiment improves.