Toyota now plans to outlay $3.9 billion on an EV battery plant in North Carolina, it said on Wednesday, partly because of rising consumer demand.

Sri Lanka and the IMF have agreed on an emergency loan, sources say, for the crisis-wracked island nation, where people have faced shortages of food and basic goods

E-commerce giants, plus Yum China and their auditors have been told they will be among the first companies whose books are inspected by PCAOB regulators in Hong Kong next month

The Solomon Islands has suspended entry of foreign navy vessels to its waters after US and UK ships on an illegal fishing patrol were rebuffed after trying to make port stops last week

Korean companies are concerned the new US law restricts which companies can receive US subsidies for making electric vehicles and where firms can source battery materials.

Dozens of local men are alleged to have died in mines run by a Chinese mining company, which is accused of digging under a neighbouring concession to steal a huge amount of gold

Russia and China are eyeing operations in the Arctic, with Moscow opening many new bases in the far north, according to NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on a visit to Canada late last week

Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure grain shipments to Africa amid a global shortage. He also warned of the threat to the world's rules-based order since the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Russian tourists have been using Chinese credit cards to withdraw cash from automatic teller machines in Finland since Covid border restrictions eased on July 1

The Solomon Islands government did not respond to a US request for permission for a Coast Guard vessel, conducting a patrol to prevent illegal fishing, to re-provision on a scheduled port call

"Reducing inflation is likely to require a sustained period of below-trend growth," the US Fed chair said. The Dow Jones was down 3% and the Nasdaq 4% after his speech

US regulators were cautious about the deal signed with China on Friday, which will allow initial audits of US-listed Chinese firms in Hong Kong from mid-September