Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure grain shipments to Africa amid a global shortage. He also warned of the threat to the world's rules-based order since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

China’s State Council has allocated 10 billion yuan ($1.45 billion) to help rice farmers suffering drought, while teams of drillers are helping farmers hit hard by the prolonged heatwave

Russian tourists have been using Chinese credit cards to withdraw cash from automatic teller machines in Finland since Covid border restrictions eased on July 1

The new foundry will be run as a subsidiary of SMIC in cooperation with the government of Tianjin's Xiqing district. It will have an initial capital of $5 billion, a notice said on Friday

China's largest freshwater lake has suffered a huge reduction in size because of the heatwave the Yangtze river basin has endured over the past two and a half months.

The Solomon Islands government did not respond to a US request for permission for a Coast Guard vessel, conducting a patrol to prevent illegal fishing, to re-provision on a scheduled port call

"Reducing inflation is likely to require a sustained period of below-trend growth," the US Fed chair said. The Dow Jones was down 3% and the Nasdaq 4% after his speech

Factory production and activities in major manufacturing hubs like Shenzhen and Tianjin were hit in the month by heatwaves and Covid curbs that were imposed

US regulators were cautious about the deal signed with China on Friday, which will allow initial audits of US-listed Chinese firms in Hong Kong from mid-September

Shares on mainland China slipped on Friday, but Hong Kong rose on news of a possible deal between the US and China with audit teams due to conduct initial checks in the city

China dependence on foreign sources of battery metals such as nickel, lithium and cobalt poses a risk to its electric vehicle industry, a metals industry official said on Friday.

The US Department of Transportation move follows the recent cancellation of 26 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines flights over Covid-19 cases.