South Korea's Lee said the country must guard against extreme partisanship, whether from the left or the right.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov said Putin held phone calls with Finnish President Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Støre under specific circumstances; the calls could affect talks scheduled in Abu Dhabi, but it is too early to judge.

India's state-owned refiner Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) Chairman A.S. Sahni said rising electric-vehicle adoption, continued ethanol blending and more cars switching to natural gas should push Indian gasoline demand to a peak by 2035. He said diesel and jet-fuel consumption are likely to keep rising on industrial expansion and aviation growth. Demand for heavy refinery products such as fuel oil and petcoke should also increase; these now account for roughly 30% of IOC's refinery output. Sahni added IOC is assessing small modular reactors and other technologies, with any adoption contingent on commercial viability.