The production of chips has become a strategic priority in Europe as well as the US, after the shock of the pandemic choked off supply

The metal used in everything from aircraft to cans rose as much as 3.3% to a 13-year high of $3,236 a tonne on Tuesday. It later eased to $3,187.

Imran Khan and Xi Jinping “called upon the international community to provide continued and enhanced assistance"

The government would target a much lower recovery on account of the petroleum levy than the budgeted 610 billion rupees for the current year

Toshiba said on Monday it will sell most of its stake in its air-conditioning unit to its US joint venture partner for $870m. It will also unveil a plan to split into two companies, not a 3-way break-up

Encouraged by a flurry of Southeast Asian tech start-ups seeking funding, Singapore may list up to a dozen SPACs in the next 18 months

Exports of food, farm, forestry and marine products to mainland China surged 35.2% to 222.4 billion yen ($1.93 billion) in 2021

Data from the Ministry of Health showed more than 5.7 million people aged 60 years or over had yet to receive any Covid vaccine by Saturday (February 5).

The framework aims to fill a hole in the US' Asia strategy left by Trump's move in 2017 to quit from Trans-Pacific Partnership, a pact his predecessors designed as a counterweight to China

GlobalWafers said total capital expenditure may hit T$100 billion ($3.6 billion) between 2022 and 2024, including 'substantial greenfield investments'

The cumulative total of guests at hotels and inns was 315.75 million, down 4.8% from 2020 and 47% from 2019, preliminary data showed

News of the deal came as the US asked Japan if it could divert some of its LNG imports to Europe in the event of a crisis in Ukraine