Deals above the $60-a-barrel cap were allowed by the US, as Japan relied heavily on energy imports; they were "relatively small" and came mainly from the Sakhalin-2 project

Musk met Li Qiang in 2019 when he was party secretary in Shanghai. Sources say Tesla is grappling with issues such as delays to its plans to double production capacity at its factory in that city.

A Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Yellen's remark about leaving countries "trapped in debt" were "irresponsible" and "unreasonable", but experts say China's lending is often mired in secrecy

The move to join the CPTPP will deepen Britain's ties with Japan and several of the rising economies in Southeast Asia – Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore.

China's long-term battle to reduce the dollar's dominance in world trade took two steps forward this week, with the first LNG trade in yuan, plus Brazil agreeing to trade via local currencies

China and Brazil have struck a deal to trade in their own currencies instead of the US dollar, the Brazilian government said on Wednesday, in another hit to US economic influence

Elon Musk and artificial intelligence experts have signed an open letter calling for a 6-month pause in training of systems more powerful than GPT-4, warning of potential risks to society and humanity

"External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world," Tsai said on Wednesday before flying to the US, where she could meet Speaker Kevin McCarthy

US prosecutors say Bankman-Fried ordered a $40m crypto payment to persuade Chinese authorities to unfreeze Alameda accounts with more than $1 billion of cryptocurrency

Group's shares jump 16% after similar rise in the US; Hang Seng Index lifted by speculation China's regulatory crackdown is ending and talk of IPOs from Alibaba hiving off business units

The Chinese e-commerce giant on Tuesday announced the biggest rejig in its history, which will see it split into six independent units; the news comes after founder Jack Ma returned home

Chinese tech giant will reorganize its businesses into six independently run entities to shorten its decision-making processes, CEO Daniel Zhang said this week