Oct 10 — Apex chairman Huang Chenhong visited iSoftStone’s Huafang Tongzhou smart shared factory, accompanied by iSoftStone chairman and CEO Liu Tianwen. The firms agreed to comprehensive cooperation on AI infrastructure R&D, manufacturing and supply‑chain collaboration.

Trump on Saturday named Katie Bailey, a former Republican congressional staffer, as director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs. Bailey, deputy director since early summer, will oversee coordination of cabinet nominations and confirmations, congressional relations and advancement of White House legislative priorities; she replaces the prior director who left in September. Trump said Bailey helped advance confirmations for the homeland security secretary, the director of national intelligence and the labor secretary. Bailey previously worked for Senators Mike Braun and Tom Coburn and served on multiple congressional committees.

歐盟委員會主席馮德萊恩：本週的歐洲理事會會議將把烏克蘭置於核心位置，我們將討論烏克蘭未來一年的資金需求，以及如何動員新的全球支持。本週，歐盟還將進一步提供無人機和導彈資金支持，以加強烏克蘭的防禦能力，並保護其領空。