US President Donald Trump, who is keen to end the war in Ukraine, warns he can raise tariffs further if India doesn't cut its purchases of oil from Russia; trade deal with Delhi yet to be finalised.

The MSCI index of emerging Asia equities rose about 2% to its highest since February 2021, while a gauge of ASEAN stocks hit its highest level since January 2020

BYD’s sales abroad rose to a record 1.05 million units in 2025, a 150% jump from 2024, but its sales at home grew at its weakest pace in five years

Chinese President Xi Jinping says 'trend toward reunification is unstoppable' in New Year address; Taiwanese coast guard monitoring remaining warships.

US grants annual licences to TSMC and two Korean chipmakers to import chipmaking tools to their plants in China; Nvidia asks TSMC to ramp H200 chip output

A rush of Chinese AI startups are going public because of Beijing's supportive domestic policy; more will follow in coming days

Korean shares fared the best in Asia, posting their biggest yearly gains in more than two decades thanks to the country's dominant role supplying chips for AI and data centres

The Facebook parent said that the startup, Manus, will cut ties with China after it has been acquired

The new policy is already generating greater technology breakthroughs and higher revenues for Chinese chip equipment suppliers

If the the draft rules are imposed, they would be the first-of-their-kind regulations around AI chatbots from any country in the world

Drone swarm sent into Thai airspace could derail ceasefire deal that ended three weeks of conflict on the Thai-Cambodian frontier, Thai army warns. The fighting has displaced half a million people on both sides.

Washington’s decision to postpone the current lot of tariffs follows extensive negotiations with Beijing and a meeting between Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping