Progress in Washington on critical debt ceiling talks lifted the mood in Asia but worries over China’s recovery still weighed despite upbeat factory numbers

An unstable economic recovery and Sino-US tensions are risk factors putting investors off, said researchers at Preqin

The tech giant will also launch a competition for developers to build applications off its Ernie bot in the race to catch up with Microsoft’s ChatGPT

Disappointing factory data out of China are another blow to the recovery hopes of the world’s manufacturing hub, dampening the mood on trading floors

The astronauts will replace the three-member crew of the Shenzhou-15, who arrived at the space station late in November

The country made a breakthrough in space-based solar energy back in 2015 and now says it’s just two years away from making it a reality

A 24-page draft joint statement focuses on AI algorithm standards, export controls and China’s non-market practices and disinformation

Investor mood was lifted as Tokyo looks to spark an AI chips boom but pessimism over China’s post-Covid recovery weighed

Computer glitches were blamed for postponement of the third test of Seoul’s homegrown Nuri rocket

Prime ministers Anthony Albanese and Narendra Modi also discussed Ukraine and food supply chains, and signed a migration deal

Global PC shipments across the industry dropped 29% from January to March with Lenovo forced to cut its workforce by more than 8%

The China Water Risk think tank says the impact of glacial melt and extreme weather could affect energy supplies in a region home to 1.9 trillion people