Romanian maritime authority said the chemical tanker Wine Trader, attacked in the Black Sea, was located 1 nautical mile outside Romanian territorial waters at the time.

Hangzhou issued local implementation opinions reforming the commodity housing sales system and introducing a deposit regime for completed-home sales. For projects sold as completed units, developers must obtain the building construction permit and file a deposit-sales plan with the local housing administrative department before signing purchase deposit contracts; deposit amounts may not exceed 5% of the property's total price. Deposits must be kept in supervised funds accounts and supervision is removed once the property meets delivery conditions. The city will adopt a standardized deposit-contract template and strengthen contract management; detailed rules on contract management and deposit supervision will be issued separately.

An IMF official said Middle East economic projections assume oil prices will remain elevated and that trade and shipping are expected to return to normal by Q1 2027.