CNBC Asia

Governments have done the right thing to increase borrowing and spending to support their slumping economies, said Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore's senior minister and coordinating minister for social policies.

The conditions in Asia are "possibly the best you could have" post a credit crunch, said Sean Darby, global equities strategist at Jefferies.

The deal could make Oracle a bigger force in advertising and make it more relevant to young consumers.

A lot of focus is placed on the health and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic, said Indonesia's Education Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim.

Shares of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group soared on Monday following an announcement that the firm is set to sell U.K. chip designer Arm to U.S. chip firm Nvidia.

The Philippine peso has strengthened around 4% against the U.S. dollar this year — one of the few Asian currencies that have recorded gains versus the greenback.

The tentative agreement, which will require the approval of both the U.K. and Japanese parliaments, is scheduled to come into the force at the end of the year.

Technology shares regionally were mixed in Friday trade, after their counterparts on Wall Street slipped overnight amid a recent downward trend.

India's foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, met with China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, at the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting in Moscow.

Yum China, which operates fast food restaurants KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut in China, raised $2.22 billion by selling 41.9 million shares at 412 Hong Kong dollars ($53.16) apiece.

Shares of Yum China slipped more than 5% from their issue price in afternoon trade following the stock's debut in the city.

The decline in the benchmark Jakarta Composite Index stood in contrast with gains seen in most markets across Asia Pacific.

Kakao Games' shares started trading at 48,000 Korean won (about $40.48) apiece, twice the issue price of 24,000 won. ($20.24) They briefly surged to hit the daily permissible limit of 30%, last sitting at 62,400 won ($52.63) per share.

Retail investors have been fueling a frenzied buying boom in markets this year, sparking fears that they are driving too much speculation in the market.

ByteDance is nearing the deadline that the White House set for the Chinese-owned company to sell TikTok's U.S. assets or be shut down. 

As Beyond Meat plans a major push into the Chinese market, the company isn't letting the coronavirus pandemic slow down its expansion.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a news conference Wednesday on the coronavirus, which has infected more than 440,500 people in the state, according to Johns Hopkins University data.

"We got turned down by the Chinese government several years ago," Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings told CNBC. "There's so much opportunity for us in Asia, the rest of Asia," Europe and Latin America.

United is increasing its service to Africa and India next year in a bid to capture new travelers

The globally-acclaimed pianist Lang Lang has said he's very worried about the current relationship between China and the U.S., and is planning a virtual concert to try and help bring the countries together.