The country's top court has suspended Paetongtarn Shinawatra pending a hearing over claims linked to a phone call with Cambodia's influential former leader Hun Sen

Hedge funds sold stocks of energy-related companies in every major region as tension in the Middle East eased after the Israel-Iran ceasefire was announced and the price of oil plunged

The Ministry of Commerce in Beijing said on Saturday it opposes any country signing tariff deals with the US that erode China's interests

There are signs that carmakers, US firms waiting to receive rare earths, and even top US officials, are far from certain Beijing will speed up its mineral exports

Germany's data protection commissioner said on Friday she wants Apple and Google to ban use of DeepSeek because the group illegally transfers users' personal data to China

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday showed that profits at China's industrial firms fell by a significant amount in May from a year earlier

The fight for control of a rare earths miner has taken a twist with government suing a China-linked firm over an alleged breach of foreign investment laws

PM anticipates a trade deal with the US to be agreed upon by early July, before the Trump administration's pause on 46% reciprocal tariffs on Vietnamese exports ends

BYD, Chery Auto and Great Wall Motor are keen to leverage low prices to get sales where others have struggled because of trade disputes in Europe and 100% tariffs in the US

A Ford executive said this week that China’s approval process for rare earth exports was still much slower than what the industry needed

Surge of solar output in May sees China pass the 1,000 GW mark, but its record on coal power remains a dark shadow on its impressive energy transition

In a report on Monday the World Meteorological Organization warned that Asia is warming nearly twice as fast as the rest of the world, fuelling more extreme weather and exacting a heavy toll on the region