BHP chief commercial officer Vandita Pant said the LNG vessels would lower emissions by about 30% per journey. "That reduces our emissions for our customers and suppliers."

China's central bank imposed a 22.37 million yuan ($3.5 million) fine on MYBank, the online bank backed by Ant, for breaching rules on credit scoring management and deals with unidentified clients

Chinese scientists and health specialists stress the need for stringent controls, saying transmission risks are too high and that mass infection would put intolerable pressure on health systems

Beijing had only bought 60% of what it said it would and there was little sign it would close the gap in purchases promised by the end of 2021. Later, China called for trade based on mutual respect

Hong Kong rose 3%, while Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Singapore, Manila, Bangkok and Jakarta were also up. Wellington and Mumbai dipped, while Shanghai and Taipei were still closed for holidays

Friday was a day of strong geopolitical rhetoric by Asia's biggest authoritarian states, whose leaders met in Beijing and condemned the United States and its allies, while vowing to support each other

Japan's population peaked in 2008 and its workforce has been shrinking because of ageing. Researchers say country will be like a deserted village if they don't allow in more migrant workers

Life Insurance Corp of India's embedded value has been put at more than 5 trillion rupees ($66.8bn), an official overseeing what is expected to be the country's largest IPO said on Thursday

Wormhole, a DeFi platform that said $320 million in ether tokens had been stolen by hackers, put out a notice late on Thursday to say all tokens and funds were 'safe'

Infections in Japan have surged since the start of the year as the Omicron variant has taken hold with about a fifth of cases in Tokyo

The Australian government agreed on Wednesday to provide a US$100m loan to fund the Yangibana rare earths mine proposed by Hastings Technology Metals in the Gascoyne region

JERA aims to be Japan's biggest solar power operator. It will ask partner West Holdings to build solar power farms at about 7,000 sites, including former JERA power plant sites