1. South Korea plans to secure 10,000 high-performance GPUs within this year in a bid to keep pace as the global AI race escalates.

2. South Korea's data protection authority said new downloads of the Chinese AI app DeepSeek had been suspended in the country.

3. The Hong Kong shares of Baidu plunged, wiping $2.4 billion off its market value, after its founder was not spotted at Xi Jinping's meeting with corporate leaders.

4. Airbus, Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Rolls-Royce are expanding parts sourcing from India, driving growth in the country's emerging aerospace sector.

5. Israel and the US are determined to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions and its influence in the Middle East. Israel has received a shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Donald Trump.