Inside one of South Korea's oldest semiconductor research institutes, the cleanrooms and workshops are calm and immaculate, but outside the Seoul National University campus, a chip storm is brewing.

Japanese tech investor SoftBank Group, a major player in the US Stargate artificial intelligence drive, on Tuesday posted a $7.8 billion annual net profit, its first in the black for four years.

A US federal court on Wednesday blocked most of Donald Trump's sweeping import tariffs from going into effect, ruling that the president had overstepped his authority with the across-the-board global levies.

China's Belt and Road Initiative lending spree of the 2010s has paid for shipping ports, railways, roads and more from the deserts of Africa to the tropical South Pacific. 

RGE and TotalEnergies, through their equally-owned  joint venture Singa Renewables (Singa), have entered into a Co-Investment Agreement to develop, build and operate a solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant with battery energy storage  system (BESS) in Riau Province, Indonesia. The utility-scale project will be constructed in phases.

Alibaba Cloud collaborated with PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia (GOTO) and the Communications and Digital Ministry to organize the Alibaba Cloud Indonesia GenAI Hackathon 2025.

"The fragmentation of industrial and supply chains has deepened, and trade barriers have increased, which has had a great impact on the economic development of all countries," state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday, citing Li. 

Asian shares continued a rally from Wall Street and the dollar held gains on Wednesday on promising economic signs in the United States and speculation of strong tech earnings.

Equities meandered Tuesday as investors awaited the latest developments on Donald Trump's trade war, while the yen rallied after the head of Japan's central bank flagged more interest rate hikes if the economy improved.

The euro fell on Friday, reversing earlier gains after US President Donald Trump said he would recommend hitting the European Union with 50 percent tariffs from June 1, reigniting investor fears over the impact of duties on the world economy and trade.

Asian shares made some tentative gains on Friday as beaten-down Treasuries found buyers after US President Donald Trump's tax bill narrowly passed the lower house, although debt worries still lingered.