South Korea's foreign minister said he expressed hope for a rapid restoration of peace and stability in the Middle East, and that he and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah agreed to maintain close communication to ensure last November's state visit by South Korea's president to the UAE yields substantive results.

The U.S. embassy in Canberra criticized Australia’s proposed “digital duty of care,” which would compel online services — including social platforms, game companies and AI chatbots — to build products safe for users under 18 and permit Australian users to opt out of algorithmic recommendations. Washington urged Canberra to withdraw any requirement that would force platforms to suppress content based on government-defined, vague safety standards. The unusually sharp U.S. rebuke underscores rising bilateral friction as global regulators tighten rules on Meta and other tech firms and signals a new regulatory and compliance risk for platforms and AI services.

Alibaba Cloud said at its Yunqi Conference it launched AgentCore, an enterprise-grade Agent platform designed to boost enterprise productivity via more native human–AI collaboration and expanded Agent-building and governance capabilities.