China-Russia trade reached $65.81 billion in the first five months of this year, up 28.9% over 2021, according to customs data released by China on Thursday

Asian stocks were subdued mostly on Thursday as investors worried about a new Shanghai lockdown and possible rate hikes at an ECB meeting later today.

The days of cheap Russian oil have evaporated, according to Indian sources, who say Rosneft has failed to sign new oil deals with Indian refiners, as sales have been done with other customers.

With Beijing focusing on resource-rich states in South America, China widened the gap with the US last year in many countries - gobbling up soybeans, corn and copper

China's Didi Global is in talks to buy a third of Sinomach Zhijin Automobile, a small maker of electric vehicles, sources revealed on Wednesday

Russia is pumping an extra 70,000 barrels a day via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline to Kozmino, its port in the Far East, amid surging demand from countries in Asia and EU sanctions

Russian news agency Sputnik said the move was designed to bolster cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations ``as a bulwark against US sanctions.''

Sri Lanka is renegotiating terms of a yuan deal with China worth $1.5bn, as the country will need $5bn to fund essential imports over the next six months to ensure basic living standards, PM says

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates by a shock 50bps on Tuesday and warned that more rises are coming as it struggles to keep a lid on surging inflation.

Chinese regulators are said to be concluding probes into Didi and two other firms and preparing to lift restrictions on their apps

Even NASA isn't expecting to land a person on Mars for close to 20 years, and establishing a colony on Mars is too daunting a task, Gizmodo says.

US President to declare an exemption on Monday for solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, to end a deadlock caused by a Commerce probe on whether they circumvent China tariffs