Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese President Xi Jinping had a formal meeting on Tuesday, which was the first by leaders of the two countries since 2016.

Chinese leader promises to help its troubled neighbour, but calls for progress on the bilateral economic corridor and Gwadar port

China will make $27.6 billion available in special loans to ensure the delivery of stalled housing projects, central bank governor Yi Gang said

Problems were reported by 19,000 users in Singapore and 68,000 in the UK, as well as users in India and Hong Kong

But Germany's economy and foreign ministries were still advising against the deal, even with the amended terms.

Hyundai and Kia together could generate at least a $315 million loss this year due to the business environment in Russia, Samsung Securities analyst Esther Yim said

Chinese President stressed innovation and hailed progress in the areas of space flight and exploration, quantum information and supercomputers.

Xi said his ruling party will continue to wage an "all out people's war to stop the spread of the virus."

"There is a need to make a quick move to attract more foreign investment into our treasury bond market," finance minister Choo Kyung-said.

Economy minister Wang Mei-hua said she received "great interest" from meetings with Cisco Systems Inc, NVIDIA Corp, Applied Materials Inc and Synopsys Inc.

The world's poorest countries face $35 billion in debt-service payments, with more than 40% of the total due to China, the World Bank said.

Exports are predicted to rise by 8% this year as the baht hovers near 16-year lows against the dollar, but it still has some supply chains problems, the finance minister said on Wednesday