1. Trump said he would like the US to take control of and redevelop the Gaza Strip.

2. Saudi Arabia said it would not establish ties with Israel without the creation of a Palestinian state.

3. The US Postal Service said it would temporarily suspend parcels from China and Hong Kong.

4. European data centres will expand capacity by 22% this year and yet struggle to meet demand, raising the risk Europe will be left be further behind in the race for AI.

5. Alphabet said it will spend $75 billion on its AI buildout this year, and investors signaled disappointment at a missed cloud revenue target.

6. Chinese companies, from chip makers to cloud service providers, are rushing to support DeepSeek's artificial intelligence models.

7. Japan's Nissan is set to call off merger talks with rival Honda, abandoning a $60 billion plus tie-up that would have created the world's third-largest automaker.