Nikkei share index rose by 2% to an all-time peak on Thursday, thanks to cheap valuations and corporate reforms that have lured foreign money looking for alternatives to China's battered markets

Revelations about the amount of power and water needed for computers that power artificial intelligence have led to concern about AI's environmental impacts

US indictment seeks the arrest of two Russian cyber criminals after Britain's National Crime Agency infiltrated the gang's systems, stole their data, and took down Lockbit's site on the dark web

The first chunk of funds earmarked for housing projects endorsed by city officials has been issued, as debate rages over plans for far greater state involvement in the sector

The failure of a Chinese rocket launch in April 2020 gave Elon Musk's SpaceX the opportunity to carry satellites for the Indonesian government

Researchers say Chinese propaganda "has increasingly sought to stoke existing US divisions in the same way Russia has"

National regulators say they "want to build is a socialist financial powerhouse", but warn that businesspeople must avoid graft and "excessive" risks

Financial authorities in Beijing on Tuesday announced the country's biggest ever reduction in its benchmark mortgage rate

BASF is getting out and VW may follow. China said in response it hopes businesses in Xinjiang "cherish" their opportunities and not believe "rumours" about forced labour

As investor anger and concern spreads through China's $2.9-trillion trust industry, the popular belief that the government would “step in to resolve any financial instability” is starting to fade

CEO He Xiaopeng said the carmaker would hire 4,000 new workers and invest $486m in AI, as China faces a year seen as the first of a “knockout round” for Chinese auto brands

Improving net interest margins are seen as giving authorities some space to use monetary stimulus to bolster the economy's flat growth