Business
IRENA says the world added a record 692 GW of renewable power in 2025, lifting total capacity to 5,149 GW and pushing renewables near half of all power.
Sheikh Khaled and Li Qiang held talks in Beijing as the UAE and China expanded strategic cooperation across trade, investment, energy and technology.
Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed arrived in Beijing for a three-day China visit aimed at deepening UAE-China ties, trade links and cooperation across key sectors.
Bank of Korea kept its benchmark rate at 2.50% for a seventh straight meeting, citing higher inflation pressure, weaker growth and market volatility.
China auto output hit 2.917 million and sales reached 2.899 million in March, rebounding sharply from February as exports and NEVs led the market.
China’s CPI rose 1% in March from a year earlier, while monthly prices fell and producer prices returned to growth.
Technology
China launched a Long March-8 rocket from Hainan, sending 18 internet satellites into orbit for the seventh Qianfan networking mission.
Jensen Huang says companies will favor workers who use AI well, as Nvidia pushes a broader message that AI fluency is becoming a workplace advantage.
India is preparing a more than 1 trillion rupee ($11 billion) fund for chip design, equipment and supply chains, building on its semiconductor mission projects.
India and Finland elevated ties to a Strategic Partnership in Digitalisation and Sustainability as PM Narendra Modi met Finnish President Alexander Stubb in New Delhi.
