CATL said it and Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Ningde, Fujian. The partners will cooperate on R&D of new nonferrous metal materials, circular recycling of metals, direct green-power connections and energy storage, high-altitude source-grid-load-storage integration, and support for globalized industrial supply chains.

Jordan's foreign ministry said it reiterated the country's firm opposition to and condemnation of ongoing brazen attacks on Saudi civilians and civilian and economic infrastructure.

House sales and auction clearance rates in Australia increased last week, offering initial signs of stabilization after a rate-driven downturn. Property researcher Cotality said auctions across Australia's capital cities rose 1.2% week-on-week to 1,734, and auction listings for the next seven days are expected to exceed 2,000. Sydney held 709 auctions, roughly unchanged week-on-week; Melbourne auctions climbed 18.4% to 612. Cotality said Melbourne's auction clearance rate rose by nearly 10 percentage points week-on-week, boosting the national reading. The firm said the latest data suggest the market may be finding a bottom as buyers start to re-enter amid falling prices; the downturn had been viewed as potentially one of the most severe in decades.