* Visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Suva on Monday that China is willing to make greater efforts to advance the comprehensive strategic partnership with the Pacific island countries in a long-term, stable manner to benefit the people of the Pacific region.
* India plans to reduce power generation from least 81 coal-fired utilities over the next four years, the federal power ministry said in a letter, in an effort to replace expensive thermal generation with cheaper green energy sources.
* European leaders, who will convene in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday for an EU summit, will not decide on imposing a cap on gas prices but could mandate the Commission to study the issue, the European Commissioner for Economy said.
* Russia raised oil production slightly to 10.17 million barrels per day (bpd) between May 1 and 29, TASS news agency reported on Monday, still leaving output nearly 1 million bpd below levels before the West imposed sanctions on Moscow.
* Russia's Gazprom GAZP.MM has resumed shipping natural gas to Turkey after completing planned maintenance on the undersea Blue Stream gas pipeline, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday.
* The Sri Lankan government will launch a rapid renewable energy generation plan from June, in order to overcome the ongoing energy crisis as the country faces frequent power outages due to the shortage of fuel, local media reported on Monday.
* The authorities in Cyprus reported on Monday a recent surge of refugees, with three boatloads of clandestine migrants arriving on the country's shores within a few hours overnight.
* Analysts with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) have raised the country's inflation forecast for this year from 5.8 percent to 6.5 percent over the continued energy crunch.
* Streets in Beijing were busier on Monday as residents in two districts were allowed to return to work, while Shanghai inched closer towards lifting its two-month-old COVID-19 lockdown this week, as the number of cases across China fell.
* Asian stocks tracked Wall Street higher on Monday, while the dollar was pinned near five-week lows as investors wagered on an eventual slowdown in US monetary tightening, albeit after sharp hikes in June and July.
* Sweden's economy slowed sharply in the first quarter of the year, data from the Statistics Office showed, confirming that the lingering effects of the pandemic and war in Ukraine have put the brakes on growth.
* The World Health Organization (WHO) does not believe the monkeypox outbreak outside Africa will lead to a pandemic, an official said on Monday, adding it remains unclear if infected people who are not displaying symptoms can transmit the disease.
* China's customs authorities have made efforts to prevent the import of the monkeypox virus through ports while the country is striving to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic, the General Administration of Customs (GAC) said on Monday.
* The United Arab Emirates recorded three more cases of monkeypox, the health ministry said on Monday, nearly a week after announcing the Gulf state's first case of the virus.
* Nigeria has confirmed 21 cases of monkeypox since the start of the year with one death reported, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said late on Sunday.
