Iran's Mehr News Agency reports 12 explosions heard in the Bushehr region.

On July 17, 2026, Wang Yi, CCP Politburo member and foreign minister, met in Shanghai with Oreshkin, deputy head of the Russian presidential administration, who was attending the World Artificial Intelligence Conference. Wang said China and Russia are comprehensive strategic partners and framed Russia’s accession to the World AI Cooperation Organization as a sign of high-level ties that will aid the body’s development. He said Beijing and Moscow will cooperate to steer AI toward healthy, safe and orderly development, strengthen capacity building in the Global South, and make AI a substantive component of China‑Russia strategic cooperation, echoing Xi’s opening remark that AI should be used for good and benefit all humanity.

截至23:00收盤，國內期貨主力合約跌多漲少，純鹼跌超2%，棉花、燒鹼、玻璃、棉紗跌超1%，合成橡膠、塑料、橡膠跌近1%。漲幅方面，液化石油氣（LPG）、鐵礦石漲近1%。