Finance minister said Japan's finances had "increased in severity to an unprecedented degree as we have compiled supplementary budgets to respond to the coronavirus and similar issues"

The Modi government ordered YouTube and Twitter to remove links to a BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat communal violence, a rival MP has said

Chinese automobile group plans to ramp up production of London's iconic black taxis with an EV brand of commercial and passenger cars

Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, South Africa, Russia, Cuba and a range of other countries are all expected to see group tours from China, starting early next month

The toll update, from China's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, comes amid doubts over Beijing's data transparency and is very low by global standards.

The sudden shift in Chinese policy has boosted many different asset classes, with billions pouring into emerging-market debt and equity funds in the week to Wednesday, BofA data showed

Biden says he will meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy to discuss an extension to the debt limit, which the US reached on Thursday. Failure to get a deal could spark a global crisis, Yellen says

The US and British banks are latest foreign banks allowed to boost operations in China, following approvals given recently to Schroders, Manulife and Neuberger Berman

Bank Indonesia raised its policy rate by 25 basis points on Thursday, but Malaysia's central bank left its benchmark rate unchanged.

India gives green light for 14 Chinese manufacturers to form JVs with Indian firms to set up facilities that supply parts to Apple, to boost iPhone and electronics production

The Japanese yen fell on Wednesday after the Bank of Japan voted to keep its ultra-low interest rates and bond yield cap

A Russian lawmaker has proposed buying the Liaoning, a former Soviet aircraft carrier, from China because Russia's only other carrier is in such a poor state it may not be able to be repaired