1. Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea. At least four people have been killed and hundreds forced to flee their homes.

2. Escalating US tariffs and Canadian retaliatory duties could raise costs on items from aircraft components to engine repairs.

3. India is open to cutting tariffs on more than half of US imports worth $23 billion in the first phase of a trade deal the two nations are negotiating.

4. India has ordered Samsung and its executives in the country to pay $601 million in back taxes and penalties for dodging tariffs on import of key telecoms equipment.

5. Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo aims to launch its fully autonomous ride-hailing service in Washington next year.

6. Chinese DeepSeek released a major upgrade to its V3 large language model, intensifying competition with US tech leaders like OpenAI and Anthropic.