CHINA

Stock markets traded broadly lower Thursday as investors reeled under the Bank of Japan’s decision to hold fire on stimulus.

The law is part of a raft of legislation put forward amid a renewed crackdown on dissent by President Xi Jinping’s administration.

The Chinese internet company is looking to double smart home sales in 2016 amid a slowing smartphone market.

Thursday’s apparent missile test comes even as North Korea faces strong sanctions following its fourth nuclear test in January and a rocket launch in February.

The inaugural rocket from the new spaceport came a day after a planned launch Wednesday was aborted due to a technical glitch.

North Korea’s longtime ally has been critical of Pyongyang’s nuclear advancements, even backing harsh Western sanctions against the reclusive country.

In its semiregular update on monetary policy, the Federal Reserve provided subtle hints regarding its openness to a June rate hike.

The U.S. Federal Reserve’s latest policy statement suggests openness to raising rates at its next meeting in June.

The U.S. automaker has turned around its European operation, and demand for its trucks is offsetting weakness in South America.

The world’s most valuable company was worth $574 billion before its dismal earnings report. Now it's worth $539 billion.

The U.S. Federal Reserve will make its monetary policy announcements Wednesday, while the Bank of Japan will review its policy Thursday.

A tourism company said Tuesday that the U.S. producer of the hit Hollywood film “Transformers: Age of Extinction” failed to uphold a product placement agreement.

Lobsang Sangay, who has led the 150,000-odd Tibetan diaspora since 2011 when the Dalai Lama relinquished his political power, won 57 percent of the almost 60,000 votes cast.

The territory, internationally recognized as part of Syria, has been under Israeli control since the end of the Six-Day War in 1967.

The cable giant may spend more than $3 billion to acquire the animation studio behind “Kung Fu Panda 3,” the Wall Street Journal reported.

The tech company's revenue and profits were both down for the quarter ending in March, as sales of iPhones and iPads both declined.

Investors are sifting through quarterly earnings reports and anxiously waiting the outcome of a two-day U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.

The order from Xiamen Air is just the latest deal in a region experiencing a boom in interest in travel.

The government has reportedly strengthened barbed wire fences, set up surveillance cameras and planted mines along parts of the border.

Investors are still treading cautiously ahead of meetings of the U.S. Federal Reserve Wednesday and the Bank of Japan Thursday.

The German automaker displaced Toyota from the top spot in the first quarter of 2016 despite the emissions scandal that broke in September.