CHINA

Beijing will outlaw smoking in all public spaces in the city, as of next June 1.

After Jiang Yi-huah's Nationalist Party lost the election to the Democratic Progressive Party Saturday, the Taiwanese premier stepped down.

Violence in Xinjiang has killed nearly 400 people in the last 20 months as Beijing continues claims that the attackers come from outside China.

The country cited Western critics of North Korean defectors to back up its rebuttal of a United Nations report alleging mass human-rights abuses.

There are several factors to consider before Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather enter the ring.

“Consumers today want more than just the discounts they've been showered with since the start of the recession."

The two leaders had spent most of the summit cold-shouldering each other.

Cluster bombs are banned in most countries, but some financial institutions are investing in the companies that make them.

A price war would hurt top non-OPEC exporter Russia, which has clashed with Saudi Arabia over Moscow's support for Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Some fund analysts have said that oil prices could slide to $60 per barrel if OPEC does not agree to a significant output cut.

There were 589 mining-related accidents in China last year and about 1,049 people have been killed or reported missing in these incidents.

The battle for China's 618 million Internet users continues.

The bubonic plague is currently spreading through the slums of Madagascar, but Americans should know it still strikes the U.S., particularly in Western states.

Chinese farmers were warned not to approach the tiger or offer it food.

China tried to persuade the United States to sign an extradition treaty but Washington said it was "not ready," according to an official.

Twenty-four workers are dead and 52 are injured after a fire raged through a coal mine in China.

Alibaba is better known in the US due to its IPO, but Tencent is becoming a major player in its own right.

Xiaomi is targeting those markets where it has the best chance of success, such as Indonesia, India, Mexico and Brazil. U.S. plans will wait.

The number of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong has dwindled from more than 100,000 at its peak to just a few hundred.

The six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program between the U.S., South Korea, China, Japan and Russia took place between 2003 and 2007.

Indian firms are investing billions to develop Nepal's hydropower potential.