CHINA

China, which has pledged to set an example for other countries trying to combat climate change, will launch two satellites to monitor its greenhouse gas emissions in 2016.

Beats headphones, cell phones and handbags were among the goods used to try to trick customers this year.

An official survey showed a further fall in manufacturing activity, though a private survey showed smaller companies picking up, and services growing.

The proposed merger between Staples and Office Depot could be challenged by antitrust regulators again as a December deadline for approval looms.

Analysts are divided over the yuan's entry into the IMF's basket of reserve currencies -- some call it largely symbolic while others believe it could boost market reforms.

The International Monetary Fund on Monday admitted China's renminbi into its basket of currencies -- but whether China will open its capital markets remains to be seen.

The leaders of China and the U.S. emphasized that climate change will only be solved if developed and developing nations can find ways to work in partnership.

Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund -- the world's largest pension fund -- reported a loss of 7.9 trillion yen ($64.2 billion) in the quarter ending Sept. 30.

China has pledged to seek a binding agreement in Paris, but says developed nations must provide financial support to developing countries.

The gas leak occurred at a stainless steel company in Zouping County, Shandong province, late Saturday.

China's environment minister said the country had met its emission reduction goals earlier than expected even as Beijing suffered its worst case of smog in 13 months.

Delayed by nearly a decade, the first Chinese narrow-body commercial jet was delivered by COMAC Sunday to Chengdu Airlines.

The IMF announcement, likely to be made Monday, would put further pressure on Beijing to carry out financial reforms and loosen its grip on the currency.

South Korea has spent decades screening refugees from a hostile neighbor, underlining the challenges other countries face in dealing with a far larger influx of Syrian refugees.

World leaders plan to convene outside Paris Monday to discuss pledges from almost 200 countries to cut carbon emissions and slow the impact of global warming.

Philippine President Benigno Aquino has approved the purchase of 44 billion pesos ($932.74 million) worth of military equipment to help boost maritime security capability as tensions simmer in the South China Sea, a senior defense official said on Saturday.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is set to formally announce the fund Monday at the Paris Climate Change Summit, according to reports, citing sources.

The auction is the latest in a series of conversations around the former chairman of China's Communist Party.

The country's other stock indexes also fell sharply Friday, a day after regulators announced investigations into the nation's three largest brokerages.

Veteran dissident Guo Feixiong was jailed after more than two years in detention, for organizing protests in support of press freedom and civil rights.

The South Korean company will invest almost $9 billion in a new facility as speculation continues that Apple's smartphone displays will be switched from LCD to OLED.