Qatar's foreign ministry spokesman said on Tuesday that U.S. sanctions on Iran are unilateral and that Qatar supports mediation to resolve the U.S.-Iran dispute.

Richard Ho, head of OpenAI's chip business, said the company's new Jalapeno AI processor outperformed NVIDIA (NVDA.O)'s GB300 in internal tests on AI work per watt and response latency. OpenAI said GB300 was the leading product in the public benchmark suite used for comparison. Jalapeno was developed with Broadcom (AVGO.O); the partners announced the collaboration last year and said in June the processor was completed in record time.

Hebei meteorological observatory issued an orange heavy-rain warning at 09:11 on Aug 25, forecasting heavy to very heavy rain from the afternoon of Aug 25 to the morning of Aug 26 across southern Zhangjiakou, southern Tangshan, Baoding, Xiong'an New Area, Langfang, Shijiazhuang, Cangzhou, Hengshui and nearby areas; local totals may exceed 200 mm, with convective storms producing up to 70 mm/hr or 100 mm/6 hr. After assessment, the Hebei Provincial Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters activated a level-4 flood emergency response at 10:00 on Aug 25 for Shijiazhuang, Zhangjiakou, Tangshan, Langfang, Baoding, Cangzhou, Hengshui, Xiong'an New Area, Dingzhou and Xinji.