1. Thailand will meet central bank and planning agency officials to discuss ways to boost growth to 3% to 3.5% this year.

2. Militant group Hamas said it was ready to begin talks on the second phase of a ceasefire in Gaza.

3. Russian and US diplomats met in Turkey for talks to resolve disputes over the work of their respective embassies in Washington and Moscow.

4. New US steel tariffs are set to disrupt a multi-billion dollar supply chain moving steel from China to the US via third countries.

5. Nvidia's quarterly outlook suggested demand from Microsoft, Amazon and other heavyweight tech companies racing to build out AI infrastructure remains robust.

6. Chinese tech giant Tencent released a new AI model that it says can answer queries faster than global hit DeepSeek's R1.