Russia is pumping an extra 70,000 barrels a day via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean pipeline to Kozmino, its port in the Far East, amid surging demand from countries in Asia and EU sanctions

Russian news agency Sputnik said the move was designed to bolster cooperation among Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations ``as a bulwark against US sanctions.''

Sri Lanka is renegotiating terms of a yuan deal with China worth $1.5bn, as the country will need $5bn to fund essential imports over the next six months to ensure basic living standards, PM says

The Reserve Bank of Australia lifted interest rates by a shock 50bps on Tuesday and warned that more rises are coming as it struggles to keep a lid on surging inflation.

Chinese regulators are said to be concluding probes into Didi and two other firms and preparing to lift restrictions on their apps

Even NASA isn't expecting to land a person on Mars for close to 20 years, and establishing a colony on Mars is too daunting a task, Gizmodo says.

US President to declare an exemption on Monday for solar panels from four Southeast Asian nations, to end a deadlock caused by a Commerce probe on whether they circumvent China tariffs

China's Ministry of Water Resources says "wind and solar energy projects must not be built on rivers, lakes and reservoirs," while renewable projects near water bodies should be strictly controlled

CEO Elon Musk has told Tesla executives to "pause all hiring worldwide", saying he needs to cut staff at the electric carmaker as a global downturn appears to be looming

Scott Farquhar, Australia's fourth-richest person, says working from home is the ''future of how we will work'' and invited Tesla employees to join him.

Amazon.com said on Thursday it will immediately stop supplying retailers in China with its Kindle e-readers and will shut its China Kindle e-bookstore in a year's time

Western financial firms have been warned that China's new cybersecurity rules could pose 'significant systemic risks' to their operations