Prior to sanctions imposed by the West, which cut Moscow off from international financial systems, Russia made the dividend payments in dollars

As lithium prices fall and concerns rise around the environmental impact of lithium mining, China's Yichun city finds itself running short of achieving ambitious targets

Dozens of fossil fuel companies have set net-zero emissions targets, but these moves are regarded as "largely meaningless" because most fail to address key concerns

A huge crane was brought down in Wuhu, while hailstorms lashed Liaoning, causing an estimated loss of $28m to 17,000 acres of wheat, state broadcaster CCTV reported

The producer price index for May fell for an eighth consecutive month, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Friday; the 4.6% drop is the biggest fall since 2016

Vietnam, a global export hub, has been attracting global investments thanks to its array of free-trade deals and cheap labour, with the added allure of protection from increasing Sino-US trade friction

Japan plans to spend $107 billion over the next two decades to boost the production of hydrogen fuel by six times more than planned, it said on Tuesday

The latest heatwave to hit Asia has set more temperature records in cities across China and parts of Southeast Asia

The investment, from a British consortium that includes mining giant Glencore, will go into a wind energy-powered industrial park on Sulawesi island

State media hailed the effort as "a landmark in China's deep-Earth exploration" that provides "an unprecedented opportunity to study areas of the planet deep beneath the surface".

Government sources said the import tax may be halved, and GST cut, because local producers cannot meet the rising demand for renewable energy

New targets by the Japan Wind Power Association could create 350,000 jobs over the next three and a half decades and reduce fossil fuel costs by tens of billions of dollars