Bangladesh, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Mongolia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam also abstained, while North Korea and four other countries opposed the move.

Caixin/Markit services PMI drops to 50.2 in February - the lowest since August and only a touch above the 50-point mark that separates growth from contraction - from 51.4 in January

Few have suffered more during Hong Kong's restrictions than the hundreds of thousands of women from the Philippines and Indonesia who work as domestic helpers

The review will focus on intermediaries' policies, procedures, systems and controls, as well as oversight of the distribution of popular products

An investor group backed by DCP Capital Partners and Ocean Link Partners reached a deal to buy the Nasdaq-traded firm for $61 per American depositary share

Cranes loaded containers on to the train at Pinghu South Railway Station in Shenzhen in southern China's Guangdong province

Capital Economics’ Mark Williams says China is unlikely to attempt to bale out Russia fearing it could become the target of sanctions itself

Wang Yi told Dmytro Kuleba during a phone conversation that Beijing "deeply regrets that conflict has broken out between Ukraine and Russia"

Analysts say there's no alternative global payment system to SWIFT that's strong enough to enable Russia to evade sanctions.

The allegations centre around a fundraiser at a Chinese restaurant in Sydney where Huang Xiangmo sat with opposition Labor leaders

The transport and logistics company said it was offering customers "various alternative options of payment" for euro and US dollar transactions

Moody’s cut its rating on Shimao by two notches, to Caa1 from B2, and lowered its outlook to negative, down from “ratings under review”