The startup's HAKUTO-R mission launched the world's first commercial Moon lander from Cape Canaveral on Sunday

Food, petroleum and coal goods prices were all up in November from a year earlier, as were chemical goods and metal scrap prices, but at a slower rate

The region’s indexes began the week on the back foot with worries over inflation and the US Fed’s next move distracting traders

Gains were capped, though, by the overwhelmingly gloomy global picture and threat of recession in 2023

The firms aim to begin operations in 2025 and the joint plan will see $4-5 billion of investment in the factory

Brands such as Haval, Chery and Geely have seen their Russian market share reach 31.3% from 9.6% in just 11 months

Talks with Vietnam, which is among the world's top 20 coal users, were broken off ahead of last month’s COP27 climate summit

Hong Kong’s benchmark index was boosted by news its government was poised to roll back more Covid restrictions but fears of recession dominated elsewhere

With private businesses reluctant to spend, local government and state-owned banks stepped into the gap in a bid to kick-start the economy

Investors were in pessimistic mood with US banks predicting a downturn next year and worries over how China will cope with another winter pandemic

The Apple supplier sees its China factory returning to full output by late December after unrest broke out among workers over Covid curbs

Scientists at Sony claim it’s technologically possible to make the advanced robots now but progress will depend on when it’s identified what they’ll do