China's dominance in EV sales and production is well known, but Europe has grabbed the lead in regard to EV demand growth relative to total auto demand, plus car inventories and ratio of sales

Fear of court proceedings may have convinced Musk to proceed with his $44-billion bid to take Twitter private, legal experts say

Apple chief executive Tim Cook says he is "really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is".

Asian stock markets faced total outflows of $69.7 billion in the first three quarters of 2022, well in excess of the $47.6 billion in outflows in 2008, when the global financial crisis occurred

The missile launched on Tuesday morning flew over Japan's main island Honshu and led to an alert being sent to citizens in several areas to warn citizens to take cover

A smaller than expected rate hike by Australia's central bank, of just 0.25%, helped send the Australian stock exchange to its best day in over two years

The US is expected to announce new moves this week to stop Chinese firms gaining access to chips enabling high-performance computing.

A US-led group met with African nations recently to bolster supply chains needed for the clean energy transition in a bid to "challenge Chinese dominance" in critical minerals

Investigators from South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raided Apple's office in Seoul last week to look into claims the tech giant charged developers excessive App Store fees

Mining giant expects global steel consumption to increase by 42 million tonnes in 2030 and 76m tonnes in 2050, due to soaring demand for solar and wind power equipment.

The Japanese yen fell below the 145 mark per dollar on Monday, while sterling jumped after Britain's finance minister said the government would retain the top rate of income tax.

Indonesia's inflation rate shot up to 5.95% in September, its highest since 2015, after a fuel price rise – and officials say it could go higher as some regions are yet to hike fares.