1. Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur to protest against the proposed appointment of Nick Adams, a self-styled "alpha male" influencer, as the US' envoy to Malaysia.

2. Kyiv is seeking a deal for the US to invest in Ukraine’s domestic drone production and to buy those drones for Washington’s use.

3. At least 67 people were killed by Israeli fire while they waited for U.N. aid trucks in northern Gaza. Hamas said it favors an interim truce in the Gaza war.

4. The EU is trying again to disrupt Russia's oil exports.

5. Meta plans to spend hundreds of billions of dollars to build massive AI data centers.

6. The CEO of the technology firm Astronomer Inc. has resigned after being caught canoodling on camera at a rock concert with a woman who was not his wife.