US President Trump said Putin and Zelensky may reach an agreement before a harsh winter.

People's Daily editorial says this year is critical for both China and the United States and urges both sides to implement leaders' consensus by converting the vision of constructive strategic stability into concrete action, prioritizing cooperation, maintaining calibrated competition, keeping differences controllable and aiming for a peaceful trajectory.

On the 26th, China Three Gorges Corp said four cooling towers for the supporting coal-fired power project at the Kubuqi Zhongbei new-energy base — China's first 10‑GW‑class desert/Gobi wind‑solar complex — have topped out, accelerating progress toward unit commissioning. Wind, utility-scale PV, concentrated solar, supporting storage and UHV DC transmission are being built in parallel. Once complete the base could deliver about 40 bln kWh/year to the Beijing‑Tianjin‑Hebei region, supporting the area's green transition.