Shares on mainland China slipped on Friday, but Hong Kong rose on news of a possible deal between the US and China with audit teams due to conduct initial checks in the city

Markets fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai amid the bleak economic outlook in China, but shares edged up in Australia and India

The proportion of people in the region facing extreme poverty – living on less than $1.90 a day – could have eased to 2.9% in 2020 instead of rising to 5% because of the pandemic, it said.

Asian markets slid lower on Tuesday amid expectations of a further rate hike in the US, the slowdown in China, but financial stocks helped to pull India's Nifty 50 to a positive level

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said his department would list the types of digital currencies within the country, as a first step to identify which crypto assets to regulate, and how.

Asian stocks fell in China, Japan, South Korea and India, but rose in Australia. 

Only 2% of cars sold in Australia are electric, compared with 15% in Britain and 17% in Europe.

Nomura lowered its China economic growth forecast, citing dismal July activity data, the lingering impact of the pandemic, and the worst heatwave in six decades.

Japan's Nikkei closed above 29,000 for the first time in seven months and China and Hong Kong stocks rose. South Korea was down.

Qantas is seeking 100 managers from its head office to work at Sydney and Melbourne airports. They must be able haul suitcases that weigh as much as 32kg, its COO said

SpaceX will assess if parts of its Dragon capsule landed on farms near Canberra on July 9, while debris from a Chinese rocket may have landed in Southeast Asia just a week ago

A Chinese state-owned company is "negotiating to buy a deepwater port and a World War Two airstrip" in the Solomon Islands, according to a report on Monday by the ABC