"Our relations with these countries will be moved to a much different position with this step. Of course [membership], that's the target," Turkey president Tayyip Erdogan 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.

Sri Lanka will upgrade its FTA with India to a comprehensive economic partnership, Wickremesinghe said. IMF deal is done but bilateral creditors and private debt still needs to be restructured

China’s imposition of tariffs and restrictions on metals, food, and energy is worsening the pressure on global inflation

Xi Jinping met Vladimir Putin in Samarkand where they are attending a summit of The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

South Korea’s factory activity has contracted at its sharpest rate in two years and manufacturing numbers in Japan, Taiwan and China have all slipped

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

India's move on Thursday is expected to lead to price increases by other major exporters, like Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar. It could hit China and the Philippines hardest.

India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.

Tesla ramped up output at the Shanghai plant in August, defying heatwaves and Covid curbs that hit its suppliers in the southwest region

The talks in Los Angeles will seek to agree on a framework for economies to engage on trade and data flows, environmental and labour standards, supply chains and anti-corruption efforts

Russian leader condemned the West's idea for a price cap on Russian gas, saying it would lead to price rises and that global demand for Russian energy was high.