China's factory activity rose in September but service sector growth slowed as the economy battled low demand and Covid curbs. The PMI data shows it is struggling to avoid contraction

A huge package of treasury bonds will be issued in the fourth quarter to revive the country's lagging economy, while over $110 billion in support will be targeted at infrastructure projects.

Pakistan could also forgo loan repayments to invest in climate-change resilient infrastructure instead, the UNDP said

The proposed legislation would impose penalties on countries that increase their imports of Russian oil, provoking tensions with India and China, The Economic Times said.

The rest of the world has remained committed to globalisation over the past year, but China has turned inward, European Chamber of Commerce president Joerg Wuttke said.

Loan recipients of China, such as Sri Lanka, Egypt and Ghana, find themselves strapped for cash after suffering severe impacts from the Covid pandemic and global inflation.

Details will include plans for the struggling island nation's multibillion-dollar International Monetary Fund bailout

"Our relations with these countries will be moved to a much different position with this step. Of course [membership], that's the target," Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan said.

Nanmadol, classified as a super typhoon by the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, could be the most powerful to hit Japan in decades.

Five million foreign tourists have arrived so far this year, expecting to rise to 10 million by the end of the year, finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.

Japan's economy expanded an annualised 2.2% in April-June, staging a slower-than-expected rebound from a Covid-induced slump.

Serious rights violations have been committed in Xinjiang under China's counter-terrorism strategies, the UN rights commissioner said in a report released on Wednesday