The fire started around 4 a.m. (2000 GMT on Friday) and had been brought under control by 9 a.m., Xinhua reported, citing fire officials

The Republican senators wrote they were "deeply concerned" that TikTok "is enabling the spread of pro-war propaganda to the Russian public'

Shares in Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Malaysia and Thailand all posted their worst weekly performances for some time as global recession fears gripped

Beijing also should consider lowering the profitability threshold for IPOs by tech firms and start-ups, Morgan Stanley Securities (China) CEO Jing Qian said

The Nikkei scratched out a small gain but most of the region’s markets fell back as fears of recession dominate the outlook

Prospects of a surge in take-private deals come against the backdrop of the industry's damage from the Covid pandemic and its disruption to travel and tourism

There's speculation the prospect of significant US interest rate rises and the yen’s slump may force the Bank of Japan's hand on policy tightening

Observers say speculators betting on a Bank of Japan capitulation amid tightening at other global central banks have been attacking the bonds

The threat of a harsh rate hike by the Fed saw a dark cloud settle over the region’s markets, though China traders were buoyed by positive May factory numbers

The world's largest maker of personal computers said it will acquire an 80% stake in Digital Era Enterprises and a 20% stake in PCCW Network Services, a holding company

PBOC said it is keeping the rate on 200 billion yuan ($29.68 billion) worth of one-year medium-term lending facility loans to some financial institutions unchanged at 2.85%

Traders across the region were still reeling after Monday’s pummelling but there were gains in China and a minor bounceback in Tokyo