1. Thailand lowered its forecast for foreign tourist arrivals this year to 36.5 million from a previous estimate of 38.5 million.

2. Indonesia's parliament is set to agree next week to ratify an agreement made with Vietnam that sets the boundaries of their exclusive economic zones in the contested South China Sea.

3. The US has approached China seeking talks over Trump's 145% tariffs.

4. Ukraine and the US signed a deal that will give the US preferential access to new Ukrainian minerals deals and fund investment in Ukraine's reconstruction.

5. Kamala Harris called for Americans to stand up together against Trump and what she called "the greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history".

6. Korea's parliament approved a supplementary government budget $9.7 billion to bolster an economy grappling with weak domestic demand and the potential impact of US tariffs.