National Grid USA has secured DOE funding to deploy advanced technologies on the New England transmission network.

Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan said Armenia is firmly advancing normalization of relations with Turkey.

Hong Kong stocks closed lower after a weak open; HSI fell 1.01% and the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 1.13%. Large-cap internet and tech names were broadly weaker: NetEase-S (09999.HK) down >3%, Xiaomi (01810.HK) down ~2.6%, JD (09618.HK) down 1.8%, Alibaba (09988.HK) down ~1.5%. AI hardware and robotics stocks mostly fell — SenseTime (00020.HK) down >3%, Horizon Robotics (09660.HK) down 2.6%. Chinese property names lagged: Country Garden down ~3.8%, Vanke (02202.HK) down ~4%.