The news is expected at high-level sovereign debt talks on Wednesday on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF Spring meetings in Washington
The Kospi in Korea, the ASX 200 in Australia and the Nikkei in Japan all rose more than 1%; Hong Kong was also up, while Shanghai edged down slightly after more negative data on Tuesday
The lawsuit, lodged at a California court, came after a report that Tesla employees shared videos and images recorded by customers' car cameras between 2019 and 2022
Latest data shows that consumer inflation has fallen to an 18-month low, while factory-gate price declines increased in March amid the global slowdown
Industry sources say TSMC and other chipmakers fear the US Chips Act subsidy process could expose confidential corporate strategy
Tesla will build a second factory in Shanghai to make its Megapack battery storage units, aiming to initially produce 10,000 a year, for sale around the world
The Modi government has decided to accept annual bids for 50 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy every year from fiscal 2023/24 till the 2027/28 fiscal year
The Europe-Middle East-Asia (EMA) cable project is part of the growing tech war with the United States, and aims to create a Chinese link that rivals a similar US-backed project
China is conducting military drills near Taiwan with warships and fighter jets, which flew in the Strait on Saturday to show Beijing's anger over Tsai's meeting with US Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Afghanistan and Myanmar are stuck in humanitarian crises created by woeful decisions by the military forces in power, but UN appeals for aid in both countries are badly underfunded
Customer images from Tesla's self-driving software are assessed by data labellers, who identify objects and 'teach' the AI system in its EVs how to respond, but sometimes the images are revealing
Analysts believe New Zealand’s strategic importance in the Pacific, and growing awareness about the country's politics, has upset authoritarian leaders such as Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin