Apple chief executive Tim Cook says he is "really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is".

A smaller than expected rate hike by Australia's central bank, of just 0.25%, helped send the Australian stock exchange to its best day in over two years

Smartphone maker Xiaomi said on Sunday it continue to protect its interests, after voicing disappointment with an Indian order to freeze $682 million of its assets

Elon Musk said people may be able to buy one for less than $20,000 "within three to five years", but robotics experts felt Tesla was nowhere close to making robots that can do useful things

US Treasury has imposed sanctions on an Indian petrochemical firm and groups in the UAE and Hong Kong for secret deals that funded the shipping of Iranian oil products to South and East Asia

Ministers condemn Optus, owned by SingTel, for breach that affected 10 million accounts, urges company to speed up notification to customers whose personal data was released

South Korea's exports grew at the slowest pace in nearly two years in September. Weaker global demand has put pressure on the trade-dependent economy.

South Korean President met with economic officials on Friday, when the won traded 0.6% higher, amid talk of modest intervention in the forex market. The won hit a 13-year low recently.

A healthy pipeline of deals could make Southeast Asia a rare bright spot for global funds as they grapple with rising finance costs and slumping markets.

Mergers and acquisitions involving firms in China have sunk by a third this year, in line with a global decline, but private equity groups are now eyeing possible deals in India and SE Asia

It was all about currencies again on Thursday as the soaring US dollar continues to hammer the yen, yuan and pound

Five state-owned banks took part in a CBDC trial focused on cross-border transactions, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said.