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The State Council Information Office will hold two press briefings on Oct 19. At 10:00 the National Bureau of Statistics deputy head and spokesman Mao Shengyong will present 2026 Q1–Q3 national economic performance; at 15:00 MOFCOM assistant minister Yuan Xiaoming, alongside officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, will outline measures to accelerate tech-driven commerce.

A Ukrainian defence firm said on social media on the 18th that Ukrainian forces used FP-1 drones in the early hours to strike a data centre, the Ruchy oil depot and the St. Petersburg oil terminal. The firm said fires broke out at the depot and terminal and the data centre was severely damaged. The St. Petersburg terminal's annual throughput capacity is about 12.5 mln tonnes.