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China's population shrinks for first time since 1960s in seismic shift

China had 1.41 billion people at the end of last year, 850,000 fewer than the end of 2021, according to data released by the National Statistics Bureau on Tuesday

International trade faces a stagnant decade lagging the world economy

Trade largely tracked the growth rate of world GDP during the decade preceding the pandemic

Foxconn replaces chief of iPhone assembly business after tumultuous year

Michael Chiang was first identified in his new role at Taiwan-based Foxconn's annual year-end party on Sunday, succeeding longtime leader Wang Charng-yang

Japan, India hold their first joint air drill as China concerns grow

About four F-2 and four F-15 fighters are expected to take part in the drills that started Monday and will run through around Jan

European gas slumps to 16-month low on back of strong supply outlook

Gas markets have turned calmer after a tumultuous period last year when energy prices surged to records and hammered economies everywhere

India now buying 33 times more Russian oil than a year earlier

The country is now easily India's biggest source of oil after overtaking Iraq and Saudi Arabia several months ago.

Nepal plane crash killing 68 further blights its bad air safety record

As many as 20 Nepalese airlines are prohibited from flying to Europe

China's 'economic reboot' to offer boost to flagging world economy

A domestic recovery in China will lend itself to firmer import demand and the purchases of foreign brands

Fractal Growth Partners eyes $250 mn fund to invest in Indian tech startups

"It's targeting investments of $10 million to $15 million per target company and plans to close the investments in about five years"

This isn't your mom and dad's recession: BofA's Savita Subramanian

The market could go as high as 4,600, which would be a pretty great year, says Savita Subramanian

Refining troubles: Huge sanctions looming for fuel that powers the world

India's role in supplying Europe is notable because it has become one of the biggest buyers of discounted Russian crude since the war broke out

Chinese govt pledges crackdown aimed at cooling surging iron ore prices

Authorities in China are also seeking to bolster their influence over iron ore pricing in the longer term by consolidating purchases on behalf of about 20 of the country's largest steelmakers

Amid mass job cuts, Amazon HR staff turn from hiring to seeking jobs

Some Amazon.com Inc. employees are publicly posting that they are #OpenToWork on LinkedIn while still employed by the company

Nearly all of Beijing's 22 mn population to get Covid by January-end: Study

About 92% of the people in China's capital will have contracted Covid by the end of January, while 76% had already been infected by December 22, according to the study

Pfizer bivalent Covid shot linked to strokes in ppl 65 & older: Prelim data

The potential risk with Pfizer's vaccine was not seen in other safety databases, nor was it seen with Moderna Inc.'s Covid vaccine, the officials said in a statement

Twitter workers forced to drop class-action suit over severance packages

An attorney who said she's filed at least 300 such claims said the process could be costly for Twitter

No new Covid-19 variants found in China but mutation threat lingers

China has yet to detect any dangerous Covid mutations in the six weeks since the virus was unleashed on the country's 1.4 billion people after the abandonment of the rigid curbs

Twitter sued for data leak of 200 mn users that it denied was due to flaw

New York state resident Stephen Gerber claims his personal information was among the cache of data obtained by hackers between 2021 and 2022

Joshimath crisis: Some other places at risk of sinking in Indian Himalayas

A sinking Himalayan town is highlighting the dangers posed to the region and the fragile ecology of the mountain range disturbed by a proliferation of dams, roads and military sites near China border

Chinese government entities to take golden shares in Alibaba, Tencent

The discussions are emerging as Beijing prepares to loosen its grip on the sector and move past a bruising crackdown that's enveloped most every internet sphere for well over a year