As most shipments were contracted before the invasion of Ukraine, any cut to Russian oil purchases due to worries about sanctions would only be reflected in data due for release in May
Though deputy chief cabinet secretary Seiji Kihara repeated Tokyo's common refrain that sharp moves in currency rates were undesirable
Lee, the former No.2 official of the Asian financial hub, is set to replace chief executive Carrie Lam on July 1 with backing from Beijing
Total revenue in the January-March quarter surged 32.1% from the same period last year to 501 trillion rupiah, while spending fell 6.2% to 490.6 trillion rupiah
The government in Indonesia, which is the globe's top palm oil producer, has faced pressure to control rising cooking oil prices
But falls were limited by China surprisingly keeping its benchmark lending rates steady for the third straight month at its April fixing
Miner records 6.2% year-on-year decline in production to 71.7 Mt, warning of risks from rising inflation, war in Ukraine and China’s Covid-19 lockdowns
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.