Sources said U.S. Secretary of State Rubio met Kenyan President Ruto and discussed critical minerals.

Canada national economic confidence index was 49.9 as of Sept. 18, down from 50.4.

Sept 21 — Sichuan provincial government and China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Chengdu. The pact, covering the 15th Five-Year Plan period, aims to optimize CGN’s investment footprint in Sichuan, accelerate clean-energy project development and construction, expand high-end energy equipment manufacturing, and build nuclear medicine and other industrial clusters and supply chains to support Sichuan’s industrial modernization.