Asia

A bidder from the U.S. purchased an 11.15-carat Williamson Pink Star diamond for a record-breaking price per carat at a recent Sotheby's Hong Kong auction.

Samsung Electronics has been granted an exception that will allow it to continue to temporarily maintain its memory-chip production facilities in China after the U.S. announced last week it’s tightening export controls to limit China’s ability to get advanced computing chips.

The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly poised to ban all U.S. sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices over national security concerns.

The Chinese-built Xpeng X2 lifted off from Skydive Dubai on Tuesday in what the company said was the first global public flight of the electric "flying car."

Taiwan still produces the world's most advanced semiconductors, these microchips are necessary for all kinds of technology, including EVs and fighter jets.

Lottery officials in the Philippines are standing by a highly unusual outcome in their Grand Lotto jackpot after over 400 people claimed the top prize.

Providing tax breaks only to US manufactured goods likely violates the World Trad Organization (WTO) rules and is alienating US trade partners and US allies.

A Chinese company, Dajia Insurance, is seeking to cash out these holdings for $1.3 billion during a powerful surge in leisure travel and resort business.

The World Bank expects developing economies in East Asia to grow faster than China, because of it's zero-COVID policies, for the first time since 1990.

Japan intervened in the foreign exchange market to buy yen for the first time since 1998, to shore up the battered currency against the strong US Dollar.

Kansas construction company, Hall Brothers, owed millions over work done on roads in Vietnam, wants the U.S. government to intervene on its and others behalf.

Prices for lithium intensifies a race between auto makers to lock up supplies as electric vehicle demand surges in the United States as well as China.

Chip Giant Nvidia unveiled its new computing platform called DRIVE Thor that would centralize autonomous and assisted driving and other digital functions.

Gap is eliminating about 500 corporate jobs, after enduring years of slumping sales at the flagship Gap brand and more recently at the Old Navy chain.