India has suffered water shortages for decades, but crises are now more frequent as summers get hotter, disrupting agriculture and industry and risking social unrest

Many Chinese battery-makers have invested in the African nation recently as JVs with local firms in countries with trade deals with the US may get tax credits

South Korea's Hyundai Motor and LG Energy Solution opened the first EV battery plant in Indonesia on Wednesday. It is part of a $9.8bn plan to set up an EV supply chain in SE Asia's biggest economy

The EU is set to confirm provisional tariffs on Chinese EVs on Thursday, but many states are yet to decide on whether tariffs or a negotiated solution is the better outcome

Top Chinese carmaker has enjoyed steady growth at home, selling 426,039 EVs in the second quarter, based on monthly totals

Break-neck expansion in China’s renewable energy capacity has led to more power generation than the country’s grids can handle — something recent data affirmed

US lawmakers had a busy week discussing rules about Chinese electric vehicles, as well as trade and investment measures on chips, drones and shipbuilding

Toyota production in China sank by 22%, partly because local brands are more competitive. Meanwhile, Zeekr EVs have sold well in Russia, despite the lack of charging stations

More than 230 million tonnes of managanese nodules have been found off Japan's most eastern island, according to a survey team, who said work to extract the rare minerals will begin next year

The conglomerate will look at options from mergers to divestments as it seeks to manage its many subsidiaries and bloated main businesses weighing on its finances

Chinese companies have asked top Malaysian officials to lobby against the US imposing tariffs on products made or assembled in Malaysia

Fire and rescue service personnel said 22 people - most of them Chinese workers – were killed when the factory exploded in an industrial area near Hwaseong