"The main driver behind the increase are rising prices of food," analyst Rikuto Minami at Mizuho Research & Technologies said.

Sri Lanka sourced more than half its crude from Russia since May, buying oil from Moscow for the first time since 2013, the FT said.

The vehicle will be equipped a Level 3 autonomous drive system and is likely to be made at one of Honda's plants in Ohio by 2026

Chip giants allowed to continue work at their China factories, but the ban on US citizens working for local firms has shocked the sector, forcing firms like Naura and YMTC to pull key staff

Taiwan's military will no longer buy Tesla cars after Elon Musk proposed China should "figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan"

Blockchain.com becomes one of the 18 approved crypto services in Singapore, out of 180 who have applied for a licence since January

The move comes after most other foreign companies pulled out of Myanmar, due to concern that their business could legitimize the hated military, who face a revolution raging on many fronts.

The International Monetary Fund warns US currency’s strength will worsen emerging economies' debt woes

Singtel unit Dialog said it realised a small sample of its data, including some employee personal information, had been published on the dark web

Stagnant demand from China, monetary policy tightening, and high inflation were the key causes of falling exports, Finance Ministry official Beatrice Tsai said.

There is a "lack of trust" between the two nations, which are both in competition for political influence on the island, a Sri Lankan official said

The issuance of bonds in local Asian currencies has shot up to the largest in more than a decade as governments and borrowers avoid expensive US dollar debt