Pakistan's foreign minister says implementing the memorandum of understanding reached between Washington and Tehran remains the only way forward.

At 10:00 on Sept. 1, 2026, China's Xinghe Power Aerospace launched its domestically developed medium-to-large reusable liquid-fueled rocket Zhishenxing-1 from the Jiuquan Dongfeng commercial space innovation test area; the vehicle reached its planned orbit. Zhishenxing-1 has a LEO single-launch payload capacity of 5–7t for constellation deployments and is designed for a minimum of 25 reuses.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said policymakers traditionally do not raise interest rates in response to supply shocks.