Airlines including Abu Dhabi's Etihad and Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) are in talks with aircraft manufacturers to secure delivery slots as early as 2029 and 2030.

Spot silver rose as much as 5% intraday.

Typhoon Maysak, the 10th storm of the year, formed early on July 3 and is forecast to move north‑northwest at 10–15 km/h, intensify, and make landfall between Wanning and Sanya in the afternoon to evening of July 3 as a tropical storm or severe tropical storm. Hainan Meteorological Bureau upgraded the typhoon warning from level 4 to level 3 at 06:30 on July 3. Hainan’s provincial disaster‑reduction committee raised the flood/typhoon/drought emergency response from level 4 to level 3 at 07:00 on July 3.