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Volkswagen's $5 bn investment in US's Rivian boosts EV maker's shares

Shares of Rivian surged about 50 per cent in extended trade after the announcement

US, Russia defense chiefs speak amid rising tensions over Crimea attack

Belousov warned Austin of the dangers of continued US arms supplies to Ukraine in the 28-month-old war

Congestion at Singapore port shows global ripple impact of Red Sea attacks

Retailers, manufacturers and other industries that rely on massive box ships are again battling surging rates, port backups and shortages of empty containers

Determined to respond to financial crime risks: Singapore PM Wong

Singapore published a national asset recovery strategy report as part of its efforts to enhance its anti-money laundering

Peru eases Chinese port dispute ahead of president's meet with Xi Jinping

The government had requested in March the annulment of its decision to give Hong Kong-based Cosco Shipping Ports exclusive rights

Asian shares shaky as investors wary before US inflation data, yen lurks

Risk sentiment was also capped as hawkish comments from Federal Reserve officials kept near-term US rate cut expectations in check in a boost to the dollar

India's bond index entry to suck $11 bn from S Africa, Poland and Thailand

It will also pull $2.9 billion and $2.5 billion from the Czech Republic and Chile respectively, it added

Over 200 investors join forces to push for policy action on nature loss

Spring initiative comes ahead of global talks in Colombia in October that aim to accelerate efforts to protect and restore nature

S Korean authorities order battery maker to halt ops over deadly fire

The fire at unlisted battery maker Aricell on Monday was one of the deadliest industrial accidents in recent years

OpenAI delays rolling out its 'Voice Mode' to July due to technical issues

The feature will initially be released to a small group of users to gather feedback and will be made available to all Plus users in the fall

Russia bans distribution of dozens of EU news outlets in retaliation

The European Union said in May it was suspending the distribution of what it described as four 'Kremlin-linked propaganda networks'

Apple supplier Foxconn rejects married women from India iPhone jobs: Report

An investigation has found that Foxconn has systematically excluded married women from jobs at its main India iPhone assembly plant, on the grounds they have more family responsibilities

India bond yields remain steady ahead of JPMorgan's index inclusion

The benchmark 10-year yield ended at 6.9858 per cent, following its previous close of 6.9741 per cent

Int'l court issues warrant against Russia's ex-DefMin over 'war crimes'

It brought to eight the number of arrest warrants issued against senior Russian suspects since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022

Start drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish students into military: Israeli court

Netanyahu's Likud party said the Supreme Court's ruling was 'perplexing', given ongoing efforts in parliament to agree on a new conscription law that would address the problem

US probing Chinese telecom cos over risks to American data privacy

The companies -- China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom -- have a small presence in the United States, providing cloud services and routing wholesale US internet traffic

Microsoft hit with EU antitrust charge for linking Teams app with MS Office

Two decades after Microsoft's last EU fine, the EU competition watchdog's latest action was triggered by a 2020 complaint from rival workspace messaging app Slack

Regulator notices citing 'lapses' received by group 'trivial': Adani CFO

Led by billionaire Gautam Adani, the group has faced regulatory challenges in India since a report by short seller Hindenburg Research in January 2023

'Tata Power Renewable Energy accepts bids for multiple-tenor bonds'

The issuer will pay a coupon of 7.93 per cent on both the bond issues and had invited bids for the same earlier in the day

Denmark to be 1st to impose tax on livestock carbon emissions: Danish govt

A tax was first proposed in February by government-commissioned experts to help Denmark reach a legally binding 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent from 1990 levels