Visitors from the mainland have swarmed into the former Portuguese enclave over the Lunar New Year break, after China dropped its Covid travel curbs

Beijing’s military response if McCarthy does visit Taiwan may be similar to Pelosi’s visit, with large exercises staged in waters near the island, analysts said

Currency slumped to a record low against the US dollar, selling for 447,000 rials on the unofficial market on Saturday

PM Fumio Kishida warned on Monday that action must be taken immediately to remedy the 'crisis' in a society where the median age is 49, the highest in the world behind Monaco

The weak global outlook has led to subdued manufacturing PMI, in data released on Tuesday, but the services sector and composite data were both up from December

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US wants a quicker timeline for a capital increase and new lending tools, to step up work on mobilizing the private sector

India becomes third region for Amazon Air, in a bid to ramp up its delivery service on the continent

Finance minister said Japan's finances had "increased in severity to an unprecedented degree as we have compiled supplementary budgets to respond to the coronavirus and similar issues"

The Modi government ordered YouTube and Twitter to remove links to a BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat communal violence, a rival MP has said

Chinese automobile group plans to ramp up production of London's iconic black taxis with an EV brand of commercial and passenger cars

Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Russia, Cuba and a range of other countries are all expected to see group tours from China, starting early next month

The toll update, from China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and is very low by global standards.