Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi hails the retrieval of rare earths from close to 20,000 feet below sea level as a world first. She faces an election on Sunday.

Notorious debt restrictions policy imposed in 2020 appears to have been abandoned, but analysts say a lot more is needed to stabilise the sector's grim outlook

Cambodia is deporting hundreds of people freed from scam centres in recent weeks, but there is concern for thousands stuck in a 'humanitarian crisis.'

The plan comes at a time when Elon Musk-led SpaceX expects to use funds from its planned $25 billion blockbuster IPO this year to develop orbital AI data centres

Panama's Supreme Court has ended a concession to a subsidiary of CK Hutchison to operate two ports on the Canal. The verdict has upset officials in Beijing and Hong Kong

The Ming family and associates from Laukkaing were found guilty of killing at least 14 Chinese citizens and crimes that allegedly reaped $1.4 billion

Regulatory approvals were granted during Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang's visit to China this week

Starmer, who is due to meet President Xi on Thursday, says Britain should be vigilant about security but take whatever economic opportunities they can get from China.

Behind the increasing scepticism of the app’s American users have been a range of issues that started almost as soon as TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, sealed a deal for its US spin-off

PM Mark Carney is heading to Delhi and Canberra in March to ramp up his country's diversification to more friendly "middle-power" trading partners

The bulk of China's provinces lifted their minimum wage last year in a bid to bolster domestic consumption, which has been a growing concern for Beijing

The Bank of Thailand looks set to limit online gold trading to cut impacts on the baht, now at levels hurting tourism and exports; scam centre cash could also hit Feb 8 poll outcome