Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said Russia struck more than 15 critical Ukrainian energy facilities overnight.

U.S. oil rig count for the week to Oct. 16 due in 10 minutes.

China has 9,151 secondary vocational schools (including technical schools), 1,554 higher vocational colleges, 124 vocational undergraduate institutions and 52 regular universities offering vocational bachelor programs. Higher vocational institutions comprise more than half of the country's higher education sector. As of end-2025, the Vocational Education Program Catalogue lists 19 major subject groups, 97 subject categories and 1,491 programs, covering sectors across the national economy and fully spanning 41 major industrial categories.