Italy's foreign minister said Italy will continue efforts to promote dialogue, security and peace in the Middle East.

China Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) expert Li Yanwei said on social media that China saw about 165 new distinct vehicle models in Jan–Jun 2026. The widely circulated 500–600 figure aggregates models with different configurations and derivatives and is therefore not a rigorous count. Li noted a single new model with multiple trim/configuration options can be counted as one model or several variants. Several media outlets used a broad counting method, citing roughly 550 new vehicles in Jan–May and over 600 in 1H, inflating apparent new-supply estimates.

At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Shanghai gold and silver gained over 3%, red dates and iron ore rose more than 2%, coke and live hogs climbed about 2%, and platinum and palladium were up over 1%. On the downside, methanol fell more than 3%, propylene nearly 3%, Shanghai nickel, polypropylene contracts, benzene and styrene (EB) dropped over 2%, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was down nearly 2%.