G7 ministers said on Tuesday that efforts to raise money to help poorer countries adapt to climate change should include countries “capable of contributing”, in a message aimed at China.Bởi Agence France-Presse

Ebrahim Raisi, the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since 2008, says the project marks his country’s ability to share knowledge with other nations.Bởi Kalinga Seneviratne

Trump was held in contempt of court, a stinging rebuke for the former US president, who had insisted he was exercising his free speech rights.Bởi Associated Press

Judges at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled against issuing emergency orders to stop German arms exports to Israel, adding that they remained deeply concerned about conditions in Gaza.Bởi Agence France-Presse

Beijing’s latest confrontations with Tokyo and Manila over contested islands come as they strengthen maritime coalition with Washington.Bởi Shi Jiangtao

Ebrahim Raisi, the first Iranian leader to visit Sri Lanka since 2008, says the project marks his country’s ability to share knowledge with other nations.Bởi Kalinga Seneviratne

Commerce and labour groups call for urgent review of modernisation initiative that will affect livelihoods and families of countless jeepney drivers.Bởi Raissa Robles

Commerce and labour groups call for urgent review of modernisation initiative that will affect livelihoods and families of countless jeepney drivers.Bởi Raissa Robles

With new tariffs being imposed by Mexico on most Chinese imports, observers and analysts disagree on whether stricter measures are being considered – but most say pressure from the US is at play.Bởi Kinling Lo

Around 30 people were laid off after Kuaishou Technology disbanded its video gaming studio in Beijing.Bởi Ann Cao

The warship is China’s first to use an advanced electromagnetic catapult that allows fighters to be launched more frequently.Bởi Yuanyue Dang

The number of Hongkongers with negative-equity loans stood at 32,073 in the first quarter of the year, tripling from the previous quarter and the most since some 40,000 cases were recorded in the first quarter of 2004.Bởi Salina Li

Rival Palestinian parties met in Beijing for an ‘in-depth and candid dialogue on promoting internal reconciliation’, according to ministry spokesman.Bởi Kawala Xie

Yum China Holdings, which owns the KFC and Pizza Hut restaurant chains in mainland China, plans to open more stores in ‘untapped’ parts of the country where it hopes its low-price strategy will appeal to vast numbers of less affluent customers.Bởi Daniel Ren

The Xi-Macron meeting will make a splash but Chinese EV and battery manufacturers’ plans in Hungary and Serbia are also shaping the China-EU dynamic in important ways.Bởi Bob Savic

The Israeli PM pledged on Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war.Bởi Associated Press

Tesla CEO Elon Musk cancelled his meeting with India PM Modi last week, and instead went to China to make progress towards an advanced driver assistance package.Bởi Reuters

Tesla CEO Elon Musk cancelled his meeting with India PM Modi last week, and instead went to China to make progress towards an advanced driver assistance package.Bởi Reuters

QatarEnergy will pay China State Shipbuilding Corporation billions of US dollars for 18 tankers in a deal hailed as the industry’s biggest shipbuilding contract ever.Bởi Ralph Jennings

Hong Kong SMEs’ confidence in the second-quarter business outlook has improved slightly, but it remains well below the year-earlier level when confidence soared on the back of border reopening, survey shows.Bởi Meredith Chen

Peru signals it wants to invite President Xi Jinping to the inauguration of the Chinese-built mega port Chancay next year.Bởi Zhao Ziwen

China’s Communist Party will hold one of its most-watched meetings in July, as analysts predict the political body will lay out reforms to aid in the country’s economic recovery.Bởi Tongjian Dong

Six bitcoin and ether ETFs saw US$12 million in trading on Tuesday, compared with US$4.6 billion for US bitcoin ETFs on their first day.Bởi Xinmei Shen

Beijing’s top anti-graft agency says Liu, who once served on Interpol executive committee, is ‘suspected of serious violations of discipline and law’ which is widely understood to mean corruption.Bởi Sylvie Zhuang

Announcing the conclave, Politburo highlights the ferocity of international competition and risks ‘lurking in key areas’ of the economy.Bởi William Zheng,Frank Chen

The airline’s decision to cancel the flight stemmed from the need to assess the captain’s physical and mental well-being, according to reports.Bởi Business Insider

Observers say Japan’s prime minister is going to need a political miracle to remain in office after his Liberal Democratic Party suffered an electoral drubbing over the weekend.Bởi Julian Ryall

Bangkok’s heat index – a measure of how hot it feels like when humidity is taken into account – was listed as above 52 degrees Celsius (125 degrees Fahrenheit) on Tuesday.Bởi Bloomberg

The American chicken franchise, fast-food rival McDonald’s and US coffee chain Starbucks have all become targets of a nationwide boycott movement triggered by Israel’s war on Gaza.Bởi Joseph Sipalan

Media freedom advocates warn of public discourse being stifled after Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim called for action to be taken against sources in a contentious news report.Bởi Joseph Sipalan

Hong Kong is already a significant trade and investment partner to members of RCEP, the world’s largest trade bloc. After the city’s membership is approved, it can help to harmonise trade rules, stimulate intra-bloc capital flows and foster connections and partnerships.Bởi Daryl Ng

While analysts called it ‘disappointing’ that the meeting produced no formal agreements, they say it still marks an attempt to ‘bridge the political divide’.Bởi Park Chan-kyong

American officials participated in the 19th Western Pacific Naval Symposium in Qingdao amid the resumption of military talks between the US and China. Geopolitical rivalry overshadows bilateral cooperation but managing differences and fostering trust are key to advancing maritime securityBởi Nong Hong

The annual Leaders’ Retreat ‘formally introduces’ Lawrence Wong and Prabowo Subianto as their respective countries’ new leaders, in addition to deepening bilateral ties.Bởi Amy Sood

Phase two of voting saw a 65 per cent turnout, with heat and complacency of BJP supporters among possible reasons for the lower figure.Bởi Biman Mukherji

Solomon Islands incumbent PM Manasseh Sogavare said he would not be a candidate when lawmakers vote next week for a new prime minister, and his political party would instead back ex-Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele.Bởi Reuters

The yen has been steadily sliding for more than three years and has lost more than one-third of its value since the start of 2021.Bởi Reuters

The big story in global foreign exchange markets right now is the continued slide in the yen, to a fresh 34-year low. As tourists in Japan buy luxury goods at a significant discount, retail rents and hotel rates are also up.Bởi Nicholas Spiro

It is the latest charge levelled against prominent human rights lawyer Arnon Nampa, who now faces more than 10 years in prison.Bởi Agence France-Presse

For the ban to work, analysts suggest a sustained implementation strategy and better availability of economically feasible non-plastic substitutes.Bởi Shaikh Azizur Rahman

Japan’s ambition to send its first astronaut to the moon by 2028 is seen as a move to prevent China from scoring a propaganda coup, analysts say.Bởi Julian Ryall

The move comes days after the United Nations said Asia was warming at a particularly rapid pace, and as Manila recorded its highest ever temperature.Bởi Agence France-Presse

The surge happened after Japan allowed users to ride electric scooters without a driving licence in July.Bởi Kyodo

SIA was ordered by an authority in India to pay a couple more than US$2,560 after their business class seats failed to recline electronically.Bởi CNA

That Washington can count on its allies in case of a war over Taiwan is a best-case scenario – and more likely, wishful thinking. For Washington, the biggest strategic ambiguity is whether a stronger China will become more confident about peaceful reunification or more impatient and resort to force.Bởi Zhou Bo

Videos of actors like Aamir Khan criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi have dominated social media, muddying the political debate and influencing voter decisions.Bởi Kaisar Andrabi

Lightning has killed 360 people in the last five years in Nepal, the third-highest number of fatalities after landslides and fires.Bởi Bibek Bhandari

Calling Beijing’s claim ‘propaganda’, Defence Secretary Teodoro said Manila would never enter into any pact that would compromise its claims in the waterway.Bởi Reuters

With the junkets of Asia’s gambling capital ‘decimated’ by an anti-corruption crackdown, money launderers have shifted focus to more loosely regulated casinos in Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Myanmar.Bởi Toh Han Shih

TikTok is in the cross hairs of authorities in the US, where new legislation threatens a nationwide ban unless its China-based parent ByteDance divests.Bởi Associated Press