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The U.S. remains the world’s biggest exporter of major weapons systems as Russia tries to catch up.

On the eve of Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to the U.S., his office compared China's activities to those of the U.S. military in Hawaii.

President Jacob Zuma, who will visit Tehran on Sunday and Monday, is planning to build an oil refinery that will use Iranian crude.

The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China says attempts to tackle overcapacity are often undermined by local protectionism.

The latest financial moves are aimed at encouraging sales of the country’s huge stock of unsold housing. The government has made reducing this inventory a key priority.

The U.S. Navy commander said it would be "valuable" if Australia and other countries conducted “freedom of navigation” operations near disputed islands in the region.

The move, started by some banks in December, is also expected to affect Chinese businesses that operate in the reclusive East Asian country.

In 2015, the London-based bank reported a pretax profit of $18.87 billion — a slight increase over $18.7 billion in 2014.

A big reason for manufacturers’ lack of confidence: exports, which a report last week showed fell 13 percent in January, dragged by an 18 percent decline in sales to China.

A split in the U.K.’s ruling Conservative Party over a possible Brexit rattled currency markets.

China’s studios and production companies have global ambitions. But, with the exception of Ang Lee’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” 15 years ago, don’t expect the academy to take notice.

In Myanmar, one of the world’s largest suppliers of opium, police are preventing Christian anti-drug crusaders from destroying poppy fields.

Filmgoers can’t get enough of Ryan Reynolds’ adult humor, as “Deadpool” was the No. 1 movie in the U.S. again, lapping its competition.

A Chinese company wants to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange. Here’s why the U.S. Congress — and Donald Trump — are unhappy about it.

The real estate mogul has won two of the three GOP contests so far. What would it take for someone to stop him?

Volvo is recalling cars with faulty software that can cause the engine and electric system to shut down briefly; no accidents have been reported.

China was the country most scrutinized by U.S. regulators probing foreign deals, a newly released report finds.

Meanwhile, national-security concerns could scuttle a proposed combination of the American Terex Corp. and the Chinese Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd.

Samsung will launch its 2016 flagship smartphones at the Mobile World Congress Sunday, and it is vital the company gets the release right.

Xiao Gang, the head of China’s securities regulatory body, was removed from his post Saturday, in the wake of the Chinese markets’ terrible performance at the beginning of the year.

French lawyer and former politician Christine Lagarde will lead the International Monetary Fund for another five years.