Kremlin hopes a meeting between Witkov and President Putin can be arranged in Russia in the near term.

As of Oct. 19, Shanghai Stock Exchange margin balance was CNY1.259 tln, up CNY0.798 bln from the prior session; Shenzhen margin balance was CNY1.186 tln, down CNY7.058 bln. Combined margin financing totaled CNY2.445 tln, down CNY6.26 bln day-on-day.

UAE AI firm G42 said it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs to explore AI applications for the physical world. The MoU covers world models, AI infrastructure, a sovereign-enabling cloud and potential platform integration. Proposed collaboration would pair AMI Labs’ advanced machine-learning research with G42’s AI infrastructure, cloud and deployment capabilities.