據日本共同社：日本和韓國將於下個月恢復聯合搜救演習，這將是約九年來的首次。

Wu Kai, chief scientist at CATL and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said CATL will put a series of sodium‑ion battery products into mass production this year, noting sodium‑ion batteries use more abundant, lower‑cost raw materials than lithium‑ion batteries. He said CATL will next focus on lithium‑air battery R&D; lithium‑air uses a lithium anode and ambient oxygen as the cathode reactant, offers ultra‑high theoretical energy density, and will be a focal point in next‑generation global battery competition.

US stocks closed modestly higher on Friday: Dow Jones Industrial Average +0.72% (preliminary), S&P 500 +0.22%, Nasdaq Composite +0.20%. IBM (IBM.N) rose more than 12%, Oracle (ORCL.N) gained over 10% and Qualcomm (QCOM.O) climbed over 3%. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index was flat; Baidu (BIDU.O) +2.4%, Alibaba (BABA.N) -1.5%. For the month the S&P 500 advanced 5.15%, the Nasdaq 8.36% and the Dow 2.78%. The S&P 500 extended its weekly winning streak to nine weeks, the longest run since December 2023.