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The move is part of China's push to internationalize its currency, now part of the International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights.

"Supply-side" measures could allow more state-run firms to go bankrupt, assist new startups and help migrant workers buy homes.

The Russian defense ministry said Monday that the probe into the black box of the Su-24M fighter jet shot down by Turkey last month can be continued only with the help of specialized research institutes.

Leading civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was spared immediate imprisonment, but rights groups say the guilty verdict is a sign of government hardline on civil society.

The search for 81 people who are missing in Guangdong province’s Shenzhen city continued as signs emerged that there might still be several survivors trapped.

The draft anti-terrorism law has already attracted concern in Western capitals.

A late U.S. rally fueled by Apple, Microsoft and other technology companies also boosted investor sentiment.

Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai said Monday Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been “surreptitiously but willingly replaced by his wife,” Grace Mugabe, "in a palace coup."

James Michel was sworn into office Sunday for a third and final term as president.

A disaster that left 91 people missing and destroyed 33 buildings in China on Sunday came after repeated warnings about a nearby waste facility.

Office supply retailer Staples had offered to divest up to $1.25 billion of commercial contracts.

The cut comes shortly after Apple slashed the price in half of the iPhone 5S in India.

India also wants to discuss a possible purchase of two diesel-electric submarines, 48 military transport helicopters and 150 armored fighting vehicles.

China is Zimbabwe's second-largest trading partner, having received more than $1 billion in low-interest loans from Beijing in the past five years.

Meet Rob Atkinson, the man helping Qualcomm and other U.S. technology companies critique China's policies, via his foundation.

As the Chinese capital remains shrouded in a blanket of thick toxic haze, authorities have ordered polluting factories to either reduce production or shut down entirely.

U.S. President Barack Obama has said that he had raised concern about the law directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Growth in household spending and consumption could be limited to single digits next year, China’s National Development and Reform Commission warned.

Chinese consumers of wine, meat and smartphones are expected to benefit, but some in Australia are worried of the trade deal's impact on the country's labor sector.

Seven people were pulled out from the rubble as hundreds of rescue workers continued to look for survivors in Guangdong province’s Shenzhen city Monday.

James Packer's Crown Resorts owns a third of Melco Crown, whose Macau operations have suffered from China's crackdown on corruption.