Market watchers say the latest ban is likely to affect a swathe of Chinese tech companies including giants such as Alibaba Group, Tencent Holdings, Baidu, and Huawei Technologies.

The deal will give the global miner ownership of Turquoise Hill's 66% stake in Oyu Tolgoi, the world's largest known copper and gold deposits, 550km south of Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar

The US dollar hit a 24-year high of 139.69 after gaining about 0.5% against the Japanese yen on Thursday, as investors brace for more US rates hikes.

US officials tell California chip designer to stop exporting two top chips to China used for artificial intelligence, machine learning, satellite imagery and other purposes

Toyota now plans to outlay $3.9 billion on an EV battery plant in North Carolina, it said on Wednesday, partly because of rising consumer demand.

Sri Lanka and the IMF have agreed on an emergency loan, sources say, for the crisis-wracked island nation, where people have faced shortages of food and basic goods

E-commerce giants, plus Yum China and their auditors have been told they will be among the first companies whose books are inspected by PCAOB regulators in Hong Kong next month

The Solomon Islands has suspended entry of foreign navy vessels to its waters after US and UK ships on an illegal fishing patrol were rebuffed after trying to make port stops last week

Korean companies are concerned the new US law restricts which companies can receive US subsidies for making electric vehicles and where firms can source battery materials.

Dozens of local men are alleged to have died in mines run by a Chinese mining company, which is accused of digging under a neighbouring concession to steal a huge amount of gold

Russia and China are eyeing operations in the Arctic, with Moscow opening many new bases in the far north, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to Canada late last week

Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure grain shipments to Africa amid a global shortage. He also warned of the threat to the world's rules-based order since the Russian invasion of Ukraine