French President Emmanuel Macron made an unannounced stop in Riyadh to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, describing it as a visit of solidarity. The stop came during Macron's wider tour of Gulf states.

Tesla has agreed to integrate Ant Group's Alipay payment platform into its China-sold vehicles, starting with an Alipay-powered smart parking service, as the company pushes to localise features amid intensifying competition in China's EV market.

Finance ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum reached consensus on cooperating on artificial intelligence and digital financing technology at a two-day meeting in Hong Kong. China's finance minister, Lan Foan, said the outcomes would help shape talks at next month's leaders' summit in Shenzhen.

Dry spring weather across New Zealand's dairy regions has pushed wholesale milk prices higher, widening the gap between powder and fat products.

A second land tender at Hong Kong's border tech park, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park, has drawn nine bids from technology firms and conglomerates, its operator said Tuesday.