CHINA

The animated smash hit took the top spot at the North American box office for the third straight weekend.

In February, the country’s exports posted the biggest fall since May 2009 while imports slumped for the 16th straight month.

The Facebook CEO has been tireless in his courting of Chinese officials in recent years despite a countrywide ban on the social networking site.

Voting began Sunday across India and overseas following a decision by the Dalai Lama to relinquish his political authority.

The U.S. Treasury Department approved the agreement last week as the Obama administration pulled down restrictions on travel and other barriers.

Russian spying tactics include psychological warfare via "extreme movements, information operations and misinformation campaigns," say the Swedes.

Anbang Insurance Group has signed on to buy Starwood Hotels, the world’s seventh-largest hotel company, currently in merger talks with Marriott.

Heightened surveillance around the disputed Senkaku Islands is part of the competition for the resource-rich the sea.

Most of the deaths were in Luanda, which has seen an increase in malaria, cholera and chronic diarrhea due in part to deteriorated sanitation conditions.

Prices rose at their fastest clip in almost two years in February thanks to red-hot demand in big cities.

The local court said the move, which reflects growing tensions over unpaid wages, would be a lesson, but Chinese media criticized the decision.

Crude oil prices touched a 2016 high and the dollar weakened further, providing a fillip to most Asian markets Friday.

Jia Jia told former colleagues that something could happen to him, and also warned them of the dangers of re-publishing an open letter that asked for Chinese President Xi Jinping to resign.

Concern about the spiritual leader's health has reinforced the importance of the vote to keeping the issue of Tibet alive.

The officials will meet in Beijing Friday to confer on ways to implement new U.N. sanctions against North Korea for its missile and nuclear activities.

Comments by Li Ka-shing, one of Asia's wealthiest people, came days after Moody’s downgraded its outlook on the Chinese territory’s long-term debt.

The grants announced Thursday would develop the workforce in coal-reliant communities as mines shutter and coal plants close, leaving thousands of workers jobless.

U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday imposed sweeping new sanctions on the isolated East Asian country.

Germany, Japan and France are believed to be the front-runners for a contract to build 12 conventional submarines for Australia, at an estimated cost of at least $43 billion.

Gory warnings on cigarette packets are “not consistent with Chinese cultural values,” the country’s tobacco regulator said.

The smartphone maker was slapped with export restrictions over allegations of selling phone monitoring equipment to Iran.