The Australian mining company had won rights to explore oil and natural gas fields in India, but failed to secure government clearance.
U.S. Cellular announced that it would start selling the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on Nov. 8, while Apple is rumored to cut its iPhone 5c production.
Though other aspects of Chinese life seem to be breaking from tradition, society still pushes girls into stereotypical career choices.
Manufacturing barely makes a dent in Ethiopia's GDP, and the roadblocks to industrialization are many.
A Shanghai couple is accused of selling their unborn child in exchange for up to 50,000 yuan (US$8,000).
The Saudis have been among the most vocal proponents of staging a military intervention in Syria.
Google's performance lifted market sentiment as attention shifted to quarterly earnings reports from major Wall Street companies.
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In case of heavy smog, you may not be allowed to, as a new regulation has cars adhering to alternate driving days.
Sales should slowly recover worldwide, after several months of uneven growth and declines.
President Obama's administration wants to gradually phase out sanctions on Iran, but convincing Congress will be the hard part.
JPMorgan Chase’s decision to sell the lower Manhattan property is emblematic of changing real estate trends.
The latest official statistics show China's economy is well and truly back to its old growing habits.
The former NSA contractor claims he left the documents with a group of journalists from another country before he fled in June.
The vulnerabilities hadn't been seen before, mainly since the protocols controlling the plants aren't connected to the rest of the Internet.
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One Chinese university asked students who applied for tuition grants to present their case in front of their class.
The Indian Space Research Organization will launch a Mars Orbiter Mission probe named Mangalyaan in the next few weeks.
More than 50,000 of those being treated as property are in the United States.
The Global Slavery Index 2013 ranked India, China (2.9 million) and Pakistan (2.1 million) as having the largest number of people living in modern slavery.
The United States has saved itself just in the nick of time, but China doesn't care, as it downgraded the U.S.'s financial rating.
Local laws, which require publication of key financial information, were the reason for the relative transparency at Indian companies.