1. Malaysia's trade ministry is planning incentives for its domestic semiconductor industry in July.

2. Vietnam's prime minister and Donald Trump's son Eric held a groundbreaking for a $1.5 billion luxury residential development with three 18-hole golf courses outside Hanoi.

3. Companies importing goods into the US from China are rushing to convert warehouses into facilities that are exempt from Trump's tariffs until they are ready to sell the merchandise.

4. Ukraine will ask the EU next week to consider big new steps to isolate Moscow, including seizing Russian assets and bringing in sanctions for some buyers of Russian oil.

5. Putin visited the Kursk region for the first time since his forces ejected Ukrainian troops from the area.

6. Iran's parliament approved a 20-year strategic partnership with Russia.

7. Japan's export growth slowed in April, weighed by a decline in shipments to the US.