China's cybersecurity regulator launches review of Palo Alto Networks products, citing national security and cybersecurity laws. The CAC said the move aims to prevent cyber risks and protect critical information infrastructure.

Russian users report outages across Sberbank, Wildberries, Ozon, Rostelecom, Avito, RZD, MTS, VTB, Gazprombank, Megafon, per outage tracker Sboy.rf

Russians are reporting disruptions in the work of several services, according to data from Sboy.rf. Users note failures at Ivi, Kinopoisk, Wildberries, Ozon, Sberbank, Rostelecom, Avito, RZD, MTS, VTB, Gazprombank, and Megafon.

China maintains Level-IV flood emergency response for Shaanxi, Heilongjiang. Five ministry working groups dispatched to guide on-site flood prevention in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, and Hainan as rainfall pushes 15 rivers above warning levels.

China's Ministry of Water Resources has kept a Level-IV emergency flood response in place for Shaanxi Province in northwest China and Heilongjiang Province in the northeast, the ministry said Thursday. Five working groups have been dispatched to assist on-site flood prevention in Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia and Hainan. Rainfall from Wednesday to Thursday morning pushed 15 rivers in Shaanxi and Yunnan above warning levels.

Beijing issues surprise tax on offshore trusts as China's super-rich hunt for cash.

Beijing has issued a surprise tax on offshore trusts, prompting China's wealthiest citizens to hunt for cash as they react to the new levy.

China connects world's first 16MW tension-leg floating wind platform to Lufeng Oilfield grid in Guangdong, expected to generate 54 million kWh annually and cut CO2 emissions by 35,000 tonnes. The 16MW turbine sits 200 km off Shenzhen in 136m of water.

China's COOEC connected the world's first 16MW tension-leg floating wind power platform to the grid of the Lufeng Oilfield in Guangdong Province, where it is expected to generate 54 million kWh of electricity annually and cut CO2 emissions by 35,000 tonnes per year, according to Xinhua.