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A Russian drone struck an apartment building in Galați, Romania, early Friday morning, injuring two people and remaining in Romanian airspace for four minutes. Romanian authorities did not engage the drone due to civilian safety risks and convened a national defense council meeting. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte discussed the incident with Romanian President Nicușor Dan.

Bloomberg and CNBC report industrial metals positioned for their best monthly performance since January alongside rising Asian markets, oil prices falling more than 1 percent on Strait of Hormuz reopening hopes, and AI-related stocks hitting record highs. The two sources share a left-center bias rating, limiting perspective diversity. Interpretations of the drivers behind these moves differ across progressive, conservative, libertarian, and critical analyses.

SpaceX launched its first V3 Starship prototype on Friday last week, deploying mock satellites and achieving a controlled upper-stage splashdown in the Indian Ocean while the booster tumbled into the Gulf of Mexico. The company has invested more than $15 billion across twelve tests since 2023. Reports place a potential SpaceX IPO at $1.75 trillion and Elon Musk's net worth above $700 billion, with prediction markets assigning high probability of trillionaire status before 2028.