Latest state data shows retail sales at their weakest in three years, while home prices continue to fall and even car sales slump

Beijing urges the Gulf Cooperation Council to conclude talks on a free-trade agreement, which first started over 20 years ago

Australia will fund $120m worth of subsea links from north and south PNG to Bougainville under its defence treaty with its Pacific allies

Thai PM Anutin Charnvirakul moved to dissolve parliament late on Thursday amid further parliamentary squabbling. He took the top office just over three months ago, but hopes an election in January or February will boost his chance of returning

Move will raise or impose new duties of up to 50% on goods such as autos, auto parts, textiles, clothing, plastics and steel from states without trade deals with Mexico

ZTE, which paid $2bn in penalties to the US for export violations in Trump's first term, has faced years of probes into alleged bribes for telecom deals

IMF chief urges China to make brave choices: focus on market forces and reforms that lift consumption, cut export reliance, ease trade tensions, and let property 'zombies' fall

Australia has banned social media for children under 16. It got off to a mixed start, and it's not the first country to impose such limits

US senator expects Chinese genomics firm to see 'big' growth through its close ties to the CCP and China's military, despite fears of misuse of its huge DNA database

Thai fighter jets bombed a Cambodian casino near the border used as a base for drones and heavy weapons to attack Thailand, plus another site, Bangkok says

Expanding forests in eastern China and restored grasslands in other areas have led to a movement of moisture that scientists are now seeking to comprehend

Analysts stunned by prices paid for stock, given the company has lost five billion yuan over the past three years and has yet to make a profit