CHINA

A property slump is expected to last well into 2015, companies will continue to struggle to pay off debt and export demand may remain erratic.

Chinese people around the world celebrate the new year on Jan. 1 but they'll save the real revelry for Lunar New Year, which arrives in February.

A stampede at a Shanghai nightclub led to about 35 deaths and many injuries. The cause of the incident is still under investigation.

A new study has determined that four-fifths of the traffic on Tor hidden services goes toward pedophilia-related websites.

A JPMorgan executive suggested hacking Iran from an offshore location, Bloomberg News reported.

India plans to make health care a fundamental right. But, funding the effort will be a challenge for the revenue-strapped government.

The satellite will collect and transmit meteorological data to improve the quality of weather forecasts.

Six people in the Chinese mainland tested positive for bird flu and one of them had reportedly died.

Global benchmark Brent crude has fallen 49 percent in 2014.

The data put a final sluggish stamp on what has been a surprisingly grim fourth quarter for the world's second-largest economy.

Markets were set for a cautious close to 2014 as worries about Greece's future in the euro zone served as an excuse to take profits on popular trades.

Chinese users frustrated by an inability to access Gmail might be stuck in the lurch for the foreseeable future.

Tigers were electrocuted and butchered on the spot for the man, who paid over $70,000 for their meat to serve up to friends and colleagues.

AirAsia confirmed debris found in the Karimata Strait was from missing Flight 8501.

Asian shares got off to a lacklustre start on Tuesday, as a sharp selloff in commodities and political uncertainty inGreece made investors less willing to take risks in the final trading days of 2014.

Indonesia has sent a ship to test an oil patch found in the reported location of the downed AirAsia plane to see if it is aircraft fuel.

Xiaomi, the Chinese technology upstart has closed a $1.1 billion round of funding, at a valuation of $45 billion.

The bird flu pandemic has infected two farms in the prefecture of Miyazaki, Japan, during the month of December.

Beijing’s municipal government said that police had detained people who may be directly linked to the accident.

China has blocked access to Google's Gmail service in the latest move to curb foreign Internet services.

China is set to finalize a similar deal with Canada, Chinese state media reported this month.