Sales of EVs and plug-in hybrids were up 20% in August over last year – a fair rise given sales in Europe were the worst since early 2023

A top US scientist says the world is "miles from where we should be" on curbing methane emissions. Far greater funds and activity is needed to reduce emissions, which he said were "accelerating".

In return, Russia was helping China develop military technologies such as submarines, aeronautics missiles, a top US official said

Korean engineers accused of using Samsung chip tech to make 20nm memory chips at a plant in southern China. The $3.2bn case has led to calls for tougher penalties for theft of 'critical tech'

The phone can fold three ways like an accordion screen door and comes with a keyboard attachment that can fit in a user's pocket

Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa ask ICC to recognise 'ecocide' as an international crime; with companies and executives punished for severe cases of environmental degradation

Since last year, multiple reports have raised concerns about the authenticity and integrity of oil firms' emissions reduction projects in China — which in one case was actually chicken farm, according to a whistleblower

Excess capacity and a lack of domestic demand threaten to create a vicious cycle within China’s economy where lower employment and wages could lead to a further fall in private consumption

Guo, who is accused of links to online casinos that were a front for scam centres and human trafficking syndicates, was deported from Jakarta on Friday

The biggest solar manufacturers, such as Jinko, Longi and Trina, are in rocky water, but expected to survive, and may even prosper, if orders pour in from Africa

Guotai Junan bids for Shanghai rival Haitong Securities, after Beijing called for mergers in a sector with over 140 local and foreign players. It wants about 10 leading institutions in coming years.

In a 65-page indictment, US prosecutors say Chinese government representatives have allegedly given millions of dollars in kickbacks and gifts to Linda Sun and her husband