BTG/Nexus poll: in a potential second-round runoff in Brazil's presidential election, Lula 46%, Flavio Bolsonaro 44%.

Shandong Haichen Energy Storage's long-duration storage park in Heze is dispatching its first mass-production international shipment: 106 prefabricated ∞Power 6.25MWh 4-hour systems equipped with the ∞Cell 1175Ah long-duration battery. The consignment will leave Heze via Qingdao port bound for Israel. This is the Heze base's first large-scale export since mass production began in Aug 2026, marking the opening of an overseas shipping channel and the start of scaled international deliveries.

Mimura, Japan's top foreign-exchange official, said the Bank of Japan's clear shift onto a rate‑hiking path is gradually narrowing the Japan‑US yield gap.