When asked about allegations of Beijing targetting Russian scientists, China said Sino-Russian relations were based on "non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third parties"

Asia stocks sink to two-month low, with Hong Kong down 2%, Sydney, Shanghai and the BSE Sensex all lower on Thursday. The Nikkei was the key outlier once again, rising nearly 0.4%.

Musk's comment represents a shift in stance for Tesla, which saw talks with the Narendra Modi-led government hit a deadlock last year

South Korea's Samsung and SK Hynix, the world's top two makers of memory chips, have invested billions of dollars in chip factories in China

Ties between Russia and China have reached an "unprecedented high", Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said during his trip to Beijing on Wednesday

S&P said a listing for chip designer Arm, which has become a primary preoccupation for the group's chief Masayoshi Son, would improve asset liquidity

China has lashed out at Tokyo for saying it will take 'resolute countermeasures' if it restricts the export of advanced chipmaking equipment to the mainland

"It takes huge amounts of pre-emptive investment to be a chipmaker, and it takes five years, 10 years to break even on those investments, so putting predictability into jeopardy makes investments difficult," an analyst said

Montana, which has a total of about 1.1 million residents, is the first US state to impose a ban on the short-video app, which is due to take effect on January 1, 2024

The international securities watchdog has unveiled recommendations on Tuesday for global regulation of crypto-assets and digital markets; it aims to finalise them by year-end

"He chatted with me via video call, and I also confirmed his face and voice in the video. That's why we let our guard down," the victim said

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a defence pact with Papua New Guinea on Monday. He and Indian PM Narendra Modi also met Pacific Island leaders at a regional forum