Baidu has struggled to gain widespread adoption for its Ernie LLM, despite claiming performance comparable to OpenAI's GPT-4

Giant mine spill allowed about 50 million litres of acid-tainted waste to flow into Zambia's most important river, local engineers say; negligence in regard to environmental protection has created growing ill-feeling in the country

Data on Monday showed annual retail growth in the first two months of 2025, along with greater joblessness and factory output slowed

While it is not unusual for Washington to influence private deals of listed companies for strategic reasons, the White House has taken a role similar to an investment bank, analysts say

PetroVietnam signed an MoU with to buy GE equipment for gas-fired power plants, plus deals with Conoco Phillips and Excelerate, while oil refiner Binh Son did a deal with Kellogg Brown & Root

Fears rise that Beijing may seek to block the $22.8bn port deal; shares of CK Hutchison plunge after Chinese media damn the deal as a 'betrayal' of the Chinese people and an 'act of US hegemony'

The car will cost at least 20% less to produce than the refreshed Model Y launched last year, sources said. Production will begin next year.

Singapore prosecutors say local firms have been accused of fraudulently supplying $390m worth of US servers to Malaysia, amid reports it involves Nvidia chips sent to China

TSMC proposed setting up a firm with design giants like Nvidia to run Intel's chip fabs, but the US firm's new CEO has told employees he wouldn't split the group up

Korea offers quick delivery of submarines, tanks, missile systems, jets and howitzers, as tensions rise between Canada and the US, amid concerns over US weapons – and its president

The EU hits back, saying it will impose counter-tariffs on $28 billion worth of US goods from next month; China and US allies in the Asia-Pacific also not happy

Countries in Central and South Asia continued to see some of the worst air quality, with India's New Delhi being the most polluted capital city in the world