Democrat leaders are among a bipartisan group who urged Biden to issue an order to "safeguard our national security and supply chain resiliency on outbound investments to foreign adversaries."

Covid restrictions have disrupted China's supply chains, industrial and services production, domestic sales and exports, the World Bank said

Pakistan could also forgo loan repayments to invest in climate-change resilient infrastructure instead, the UNDP said

The city will scrap its hotel quarantine policy for all arrivals from Sept 26. All arrivals will be able to return home or go to accommodation of their choice, but must self monitor for 3 days

The rest of the world has remained committed to globalisation over the past year, but China has turned inward, European Chamber of Commerce president Joerg Wuttke said.

"The epidemic has been effectively controlled," with the city set to resume life "in an orderly manner," local authorities said.

Nanmadol, classified as a super typhoon by the U.S. Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Center, could be the most powerful to hit Japan in decades.

Five million foreign tourists have arrived so far this year, expecting to rise to 10 million by the end of the year, finance minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith said.

Famous yoga guru Baba Ramdev and his billionaire partner are taking on the likes of Unilever and P&G with home-made Indian goods.

US President issued an order on Thursday directing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US to focus on microelectronics, artificial intelligence, biotech and quantum computing.

The number of people who made road trips during the Sept 10-12 holiday was down by 37% while the number of people who flew was down by nearly 60%, state media said

Japan's economy expanded an annualised 2.2% in April-June, staging a slower-than-expected rebound from a Covid-induced slump.