Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said the immediate priority is to broker an agreement among the parties; Qatar will not take sides.

According to The Information, Meta Platforms (META.O) plans to roll out its consumer OpenClaw AI assistant (internal codename Hatch) as soon as the coming weeks and intends to release a new AI model called Watermelon in October. The product is part of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s push to monetize Meta’s AI investment and diversify revenue beyond advertising; Meta has previously considered tiered pricing including a premium monthly subscription of up to $199.99 with higher usage allowances. Hatch has been trained to access DoorDash, Etsy, Reddit, Yelp and Outlook.

Nasdaq-100 cut losses to 1% after earlier sliding as much as 1.5%.