1. China and Colombia have signed a joint cooperation plan on the Belt and Road Initiative.

2. Sweden said it would propose that the EU join a Pacific rim-based trading group, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).

3. Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he would attend peace talks this week only if Vladimir Putin was also there.

4. Emmanuel Macron said he was in favor of new sanctions on Russia if Moscow failed to agree to a ceasefire, mentioning financial services and oil and gas as possible targets.

5. Testing and monitoring of HIV patients in South Africa have fallen since the US cut aid that funded workers and clinics.

6. Tesla plans to start shipping components from China to the United States for the production of Cybercab and Semi trucks from the end of this month.