1. ASEAN announced an ambitious strategic plan that includes harmonising trade standards and greater financial integration in an effort to collectively become the world's fourth-largest economy.

2. India's defence minister approved a framework for building the country's most advanced stealth fighter jet.

3. Trump is considering taking $3 billion of previously awarded grant money for scientific and engineering research away from Harvard University and giving it to trade schools.

4. Russia says the US' Golden Dome project undermines the foundations of strategic stability as it involves the creation of a global missile defence system.

5. Kenya said it supports Morocco's plan to give the disputed region of Western Sahara autonomy under the North African kingdom's sovereignty.

6. Tesla's sales in Europe fell 49% in April from a year earlier, even though battery-electric car sales rose 27.8%.