RIA cited the Russian Defence Ministry as saying it struck a cargo ship at Chornomorsk port in Ukraine.

China's mountain glaciers, concentrated on the Tibetan Plateau and adjacent areas, are undergoing accelerated melt amid a warmer, wetter climate, the National Climate Center said. Chinese glacier catalogs show Tibetan Plateau glacier area has fallen about 24% over the past 60 years and roughly 7,000 small glaciers have vanished. Rapid warming is driving accelerated cryosphere loss: glacial lakes have increased and expanded quickly, glaciers are entering a state of dynamic instability, and internal structural stability is expected to decline further. The center warned glacier-related disasters are likely to become more frequent and could cascade into larger, more damaging events.

RBNZ Governor Breman said the official cash rate (OCR) may be raised further and the central bank will assess the impact of earlier rate hikes.