Caught in the middle of the continuing tensions around the Dutch chipmaker are global automakers who rely on the firm for its ubiquitous chips and experts say they have 'no way out'

Directors of renovation firm arrested; 'repeated complaints about mesh fire risk'; less than a third of the dead identified; 19 Filipina domestics among 200 still missing

Vietnam's ties with China may have warmed since the US imposed tariffs, spurring concern about deals signed recently with Huawei and ZTE, which the US does not trust

Beijing has moved to expand its REITs scheme to help developers raise money more easily after the state-owned Vanke became the latest builder to face a debt crisis

Sources say the company is struggling with intensifying competition in AI from Alibaba and DeepSeek, plus declining ad revenue

TikTok-parent ByteDance bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm last year. It may have to look elsewhere now to power its data centres

The German car giant plans to release about 30 EVs in China over the next five years, and hopes to sell them around the world as well

Death toll from fire tragedy in Hong Kong rises to 65 but nearly 300 are still missing after firefighters contained the blaze on Thursday. Police accuse renovation firm of 'gross neglience'

Taipei could also include support to help Washington build science park infrastructure, drawing on its know-how. Any deal they reach, however, will be under the shadow of growing Chinese aggression

36 die and 279 are missing after one of the worst fires in Hong Kong for many years. Meanwhile, China's long-running property crisis drags on

Southern Thailand and Malaysia are the latest regions hit hard by flooding; losses in Thailand are estimated at up to $150 million a day

More than 2,400 mines - many illegal and unregulated - are releasing deadly chemicals such as cyanide and mercury into rivers across much of mainland Southeast Asia