The core consumer price index, which excludes volatile fresh food prices but includes fuel costs, jumped 0.8% in March from a year earlier, data showed

Boris Johnson will discuss with his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, ways of boosting trade and security ties with the South Asian country

Deputy national security adviser Daleep Singh said many tariffs imposed during Donald Trump's presidency served no strategic purpose

In a question and answer posted on its official WeChat account, the Shanghai government said the city's epidemic was showing a "positive trend"

Shifting its stance would allow the bank to more risk appetite and become more of a "first mover" in terms of investments in the developing world, the official said

The London-listed company is in joint talks with Chinese state-run oil companies CNOOC, CNPC and Sinopec over its 27.5% holding

Residents in Hong Kong flocked to beauty salons, massage parlours, gyms, cinemas and temples for the first time in months on Thursday, after officials relaxed stringent Covid curbs

Xiaohongshu, which is backed by Tencent, Alibaba and Singapore's Temasek, joins other internet firms cutting staff numbers despite $500m funding round last year

Employees can contribute up to 12,000 yuan per year under the new scheme, compared with a fixed payment under the state pension plan

The company launched its DiDi Food services in April 2020 in Osaka and later expanded to nine prefectures, according to its website

In 2021, China implemented legislation requiring international and domestic companies to re-evaluate how they handle Chinese personal data

The UNDP suggested a temporary basic income, in the form of an unconditional cash transfer to working-age Sri Lankans for six to nine months