Media & Entertainment
TikTok admits tracking FT journalist in leak investigation
Chinese parent ByteDance says staff accessed user data to find reporters' sources
U.S.
Cryptocurrencies
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried released on $250m bond
Crypto boss makes 1st U.S. court appearance; colleagues plead guilty to fraud charges
Ukraine war
U.S. says Russia's Wagner Group bought North Korean weapons
Military company accused of taking delivery to bolster forces in Ukraine war
US-China tensions
Tesla, Toyota questioned on China supply chain by U.S. lawmakers
Volkswagen, Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz also asked about Xinjiang suppliers
Cryptocurrencies
FTX founder Bankman-Fried's top associates plead guilty to fraud
30-year-old cryptocurrency mogul consents to extradition, leaves Bahamas for U.S.
Ukraine war
Biden, Zelenskyy show solidarity at White House in first wartime visit
U.S. president calls for global unity on Ukraine to continue in 2023
Markets
Asian shares mixed as recession worries temper Wall St gains
Nikkei slipped 0.2% day after BOJ expanded cap on yield of the 10-year bond
Companies
Elon Musk says he'll step down as Twitter CEO after finding replacement
Users vote against Tesla chief to lead social media platform
Business deals
Korean Air takeover of Asiana in limbo as global trustbusters balk
South Korean airlines will likely have to amend their plan to gain European OK
Climate Change
Pacific islands see China-West tussle as chance for climate action
Geopolitics in area 'more and more intertwined' with global warming concerns
International relations
Biden weighs Nagasaki visit during Hiroshima G-7 in May: sources
Trip would be first by sitting U.S. leader to city hit by second WWII atomic bomb
International relations
U.S. deploys B-52 bomber and F-22s in drill with South Korea
North Korean leader's sister Kim Yo Jong hints at new ICBM tests
Afghanistan turmoil
Taliban suspends women from all Afghan universities
Move by administration draws condemnation from U.S., U.K. and U.N.
Biden's Asia policy
Biden faces pressure to appoint North Korea human rights envoy
Position left unfilled for years before he took office
Indo-Pacific
U.S. Navy adds submarine-hunting destroyer to Japan fleet
Helicopter-hangar-equipped USS Shoup arrives in Yokosuka with eye on China
Politics
Australia names ex-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd ambassador to U.S.
Mandarin speaker agrees to take appointment in response to rising China
Supply Chain
Apple to start making MacBooks in Vietnam by mid-2023
iPhone maker aims to have 'out of China' production alternatives for key products
Opinion
Albanese is right: It is time to close the case of Julian Assange
Australian prime minister's move may signal end is near for WikiLeaks legal saga
Politics
U.S. Capitol riot panel: Charge Trump with insurrection, obstruction
Nonbinding call to prosecutors comes during final public hearing of committee
Automobiles
EV battery maker LG Energy allots $3bn to boost South Korea plant
Tesla supplier refocuses on home market amid high costs in U.S.
