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.

Indonesia's Just Energy Transition Partnership, which was announced by the US, Japan and partners on Tuesday, plans to bring forward Jakarta's peak emissions by seven years to 2030

While many cities have said they will scale back testing, China's Covid cases continued to rise on Tuesday, most notably in Guangzhou, where there is concern of possible lockdowns

TSMC shares jumped after Berkshire Hathaway disclosed in a filing that it owns about 60.1 million American depositary shares of the Taiwanese chipmaker

China's retail sales dropped in October, for the first time in five months, and factory output grew more slowly than expected, new data showed on Tuesday

The average selling price jumped 15% year-over-year, and 6% from the previous quarter, to a record $226, market research firm IDC said

The White House said before the meeting it was unlikely to produce a joint statement, as relations between the two sides are at their lowest in decades

Tesla said videos showed the car's brake lights were not on when the car was speeding and that its data showed there was no move to step on the brakes throughout the vehicle's journey.

A source said the group made the move partly because of concerns about a backlash in Washington against bankrolling the Chinese government with US capital, the report said.

Biden said there was a need for respect for freedom of navigation and overflight in the East and South China Seas; the US would "compete vigorously" but ensure that "competition does not veer into conflict"

US Treasury officials said Yellen was keen to discuss China’s plans to ease its Covid restrictions and how it will deal with problems in its property sector when they get together.

Data released by the National Health Commission on Sunday showed 14,878 new Covid infections for November 12, up from 11,950 on Friday