Spot premiums in crude markets jumped on Thursday on expectations that U.S. sanctions on top Russian producers will spur China and India's demand for supplies from the Middle East, Africa and South America,

The move, effective November 9, is seen as a significant diplomatic thaw between the two Asian giants following a prolonged freeze in direct air links triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic and deadly bor

India has dispatched a warship on an operational deployment to the South China Sea and across the Indo-Pacific.

Russia is essentially sidestepping the US dollar for nearly all of its international trade, according to one of the BRICS nation's top officials.

Tension between India and China may be thawing, but the two countries still remain bitter rivals, writes Shyam Saran.

Cash-strapped Pakistan has approached China for support in joining the BRICS-backed New Development Bank, hoping to expand its lending avenues, Nikkei Asia reported. However, India — a founding member of the bank — is expected to resist the move due to longstanding tensions with Pakistan.

China files a WTO complaint against India's PLI schemes, claiming they unfairly favor domestic goods over Chinese imports.

By Pratima Desai LONDON (Reuters) -Copper consumption in the United States and India is set to emerge from China's shadow over the next decade as demand growth in the world's largest consumer of the industrial metal slows.