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

Officials in the southern city have clamped down to smother a potential outbreak after five local infections were reported on Tuesday. Some 41 cities now have restrictions imposed.

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

Covid restrictions and the worst heatwaves in decades weighed on China's factory activity, which continued to fall in August, according to data released by the statistics bureau on Wednesday.

China stocks slipped again on Tuesday amid concern about Covid restrictions, but markets in Japan, Australia and India all climbed higher. Eyes are now on US data on Friday.

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

China's spending on "public safety" more than doubled over the past decade and reached $210 billion in 2020, and that outlay was 7% higher than its (official) defence spending

Bilateral deal with South Korea is a move to attract investment to develop the electric vehicle and batteries industry, while most Southeast Asian nations, China and Australia are in RCEP

Planning minister says Pakistan is a victim of climate change caused by "irresponsible development of the developed world... Our carbon footprint is lowest in the world".

Analysts say ramping up curbs in major trade centres like Shenzhen, Dalian and Chengdu in the southwest could have far more serious impacts than lockdowns in smaller cities.

Asian shares fell across the board on Monday as thoughts of more US and EU rate hikes stirred fears of a global recession and shot the dollar sharply higher

India's biggest telco Jio said on Monday it will begin rolling out 5G services for subscribers in the next two months. Owner Mukesh Ambani said it has committed $25bn to the expansion