Shares in Japan closed at their highest level in nearly seven weeks, while world stocks also hit a five-week high and most Asian currencies also eked out gains after a decline in the dollar index

Reports of Foxconn's Zhengzhou campus operating in a “production bubble” went viral on Chinese social media platforms

Central banks from Hong Kong, Thailand, China and the UAE issued CBDCs worth $12m on BIS’ mBridge platform to test cross-border transfers to and from commercial banks and foreign exchanges

China’s economy slowed sharply in the second quarter due to widespread lockdowns. Now, a nascent third-quarter recovery in the world's second-largest economy appears in danger of stalling.

CASC lauded the “complete success” of the mission boosting China’s “space transportation technology from one-time use to repeated use”

Huaqiangbei market in Shenzhen, which houses thousands of shops selling key components like microchips and telephone parts to manufacturers, will be shuttered until Sept 2

Strict Covid-curbs have put 26 million lives on hold in Shanghai - China's most important economic hub. The resulting supply chain disruptions and revenue losses will spell fresh economic trouble for China, and the world.

Ian Goodfellow, Apple’s director of machine learning, wrote to his staff that ‘more flexibility would have been the best policy’ for the team

Officials have enforced strict lockdowns in China's most important economic hub, Shanghai, and the pinch from resulting economic losses will be felt across the world

Tesla employees have returned to work at the giant’s Covid-hit Shanghai plant, and they aim to restart production with 1,000 cars a day after a stoppage of more than three weeks.

The US state department says it is aware of talks between Russia and India concerning the purchase of oil. It has no objection to India buying Russian oil, provided it buys at discount

Sharing images of his arrival at the country’s Parliament, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari’s official Twitter account said the Indian government is dedicated to a green hydrogen mission.