* Meloni makes first visit to China * Italy seeks to mend ties after exiting Belt and Road * Rome, Beijing to cooperate on EVs, renewable energy By Giselda Vagnoni and Laurie Chen ROME/BEIJING, July 28 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni vowed on Sunday to relaunch cooperation with China, signing a three-year action plan during her first official...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's financial authorities will provide at least 560 billion won ($404.55 million) of liquidity support to small businesses having trouble due to recent payment delays by e-commerce platforms, the finance ministry said on Monday. The government will utilise all available resources to minimise damage, vice finance minister Kim Beok-seok said. Last week, South Korean authorities launched...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -A Hong Kong court on Monday adjourned a hearing into a petition seeking liquidation of Country Garden until Jan. 20, 2025, giving a breather to the embattled Chinese developer which is trying to finalise an offshore debt revamp plan. Ever Credit Limited, a unit of Hong Kong-listed Kingboard Holdings, filed the liquidation petition against Country Garden in...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of Japan's Eisai ( ESALF ) tumbled 11% and were on track for their biggest one-day fall in three years on Monday, after the European Union's regulator rejected the drugmaker's Leqembi treatment for early Alzheimer's disease. The EU drugs regulator last week said the risk of serious brain swelling did not outweigh the drug's small impact...