China's foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday pledged $63 million in grants to the Maldives for infrastructure projects, in a bid to deepen cooperation between the two countries.

Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani has bid for a controlling stake of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York. The hotel would become part of Reliance's hospitality interests.

Sri Lanka paid a Chinese company $6.8 million despite rejecting its shipment of organic fertiliser as substandard, even though Colombo has a serious foreign exchange crisis.

Unrest in OPEC+ member Kazakhstan has pushed up oil prices as investors fear supply interruptions, but the uranium market appears less affected

Country has been forced to suspend its Test & Go quarantine waiver scheme but foreign tourists will be able to visit more beach sites in the South if they agree to the 'Sandbox' arrival scheme

The axing of price caps was meant to ease fuel shortages, but backfired as prices soared. Protests flared amid anger over endemic corruption, inequality and hardship compounded by the pandemic

Expat residents and workers are departing from Hong Kong in greater numbers than those arriving, according to the South China Morning Post

Tesla chief Elon Musk tweeted on Friday that the electric carmaker will raise the US price of its advanced driver assistant software to $12,000 on January 17 and other places later.

Wang Bin is "suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and investigation", the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said

Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior officials who attended the birthday bash of a delegate to China's legislature

US stocks were mixed on Friday as investors digested payroll data – employment up by a less-than-expected 199,000 jobs last month – and its impact on Federal Reserve policy

US Trade Rep Katherine Tai expressed strong US support on Friday for Lithuania and the EU in the face of "economic coercion" from China in a call with EU Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis