China sat out of the global risk rally after a group of Republican lawmakers said battery companies CATL and Gotion should be banned from shipping goods to the US

Lawmakers say the US should ban imports from the battery-makers because their supply chains are linked to Xinjiang and 'deeply compromised'

Shares across Asia were boosted by advances in the euro ahead of the European Central Bank policy meeting, but pared gains amid caution

The clean energy sector was the biggest driver of China’s economic growth in 2023, contributing 40% of its expansion

Focus in the region was on how Indian markets performed after stocks sank and the rupee slid a day before

TSMC is currently prohibited from producing advanced processors for China, as it uses American chipmaking tools, and hence falls under the purview of recent sanctions

Modi is still on track to return to power in India for a rare third-term, but will now be reliant on alliance partners to stake a claim to form and keep running the government

Japanese officials have ordered Toyota, Mazda and Yamaha to suspend shipments of some vehicles for submitting incorrect or manipulated safety test data

The investment is part of Saudi efforts to prevent “Silicon Valley dominating this industry,” FT reported, citing a source close to the Aramco-linked fund

This is China’s second successful mission on the far side of the moon, a region no other country has reached

Last month, China announced "historic" steps to stabilise the sector, with the central bank easing mortgage rules and facilitating $140 billion in extra funding

Market analysts say the projections lifted uncertainty about the likely result and signalled the continuity of Modi's economic policies. But exit polls have a patchy record in India