CHINA

Despite the threat of big climate-related costs to business, CEOs want government to focus more on cutting taxes than on carbon emissions.

It's the second of five to be opened before Chinese New Year.

The Dow wavered slightly Tuesday after China's economy grew at its slowest pace in 24 years.

A share split being considered at the Korean tech giant suggests that Samsung's heir apparent could be pushing the company to change faster.

The emails, including ones about defense news, were shared on GCHQ's internal servers, according to documents revealed by Edward Snowden.

Vietnam has some of the toughest drug laws in the world as production or sale of 100 grams of heroin is punishable by death.

Mervyn King said he was concerned about a persistent weakness in global economic demand, six years on from the depths of the financial crisis.

Only days earlier, the World Bank reduced its forecast to 3 percent, down from the 3.4 percent it had estimated six months ago.

It was the first time since 1999 that the government had missed a yearly growth target for gross domestic product (GDP).

The remarks from the PLO's chief negotiator came on a day marked by gunfire, protests and a car bombing.

And that might not be so bad -- a move from exports to consumption-led growth could bring long-term stability.

Iraqi Oil Minister Adel Abdel Mehdi said on Sunday Iraq pumped 4 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in December, its highest ever.

Authorities said the Uighur men were shot when they “violently resisted arrest" after they were spotted illegally entering Vietnam.

The plunge wiped out around $315 billion of market value from the Shanghai stock exchange, the country's biggest.

The deal will increase the holdings of Lei Jun, who is also the chairman of software company Kingsoft, to 29.9 percent.

Eight senior directors, producers and anchors from China Central Television have been interrogated over bribery charges in the past year.

Shin Dong-hyuk was the subject of "Escape from Camp 14", which documents his dramatic escape from a brutal prison camp.

Customers will be happy with their new-found savings, but dairy farmers will pay the price of this year's expected milk bust.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hopes international travel will help the New York economy.

Rampant shortages are threatening to bring back the mass demonstrations that roiled Venezuela last year.

Zhao was purged in 1989, for opposing a military crackdown on pro-democracy protests that shook the communist regime.