CHINA

China’s outgoing premier, Wen Jiabao, hiked defense and security budgets while assuring stable growth in his final report.

The United States and China have a tentative deal on a sanctions resolution to punish North Korea for its third nuclear test, U.N. diplomats say.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s future is again a hot topic as Real Madrid prepare to face Manchester United.

The 12th National People’s Congress meeting, China’s top legislative body, will convene Tuesday and close on March 17.

Will the new face of the Chinese Football Association be able to mend China's soccer corruption problem? It's a tall order.

Mexico's manufacturing boom continued with Superior Industries International announcing a factory in the nation.

The state-run Xinhua News released a report acknowledging self-immolations across the nation -- but not in Tibet.

It looks like U.S. energy self-sufficiency is now within reach, even as China becomes more import-dependent.

China's announcement that it will reel in stability-threatening real estate speculation sent related shares plummeting.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Monday as investor sentiment was weighed down by concerns over the U.S. spending cuts.

Asian stock markets declined Monday as sentiment was dampened after the Chinese government tightened measures to control rising property prices.

Tales of China's empty cities continue to fascinate because of the country's headlong rush into the development of real estate.

For the third year in a row, U.S.-based companies in China saw their profits decline. Why now?

Barclays analyst Kirk Yang believes Apple will release two true iPhone 5 successors, the security-laden iPhone 5S and cheaper-built iPhone 6, by September 2013.

The yen's slide is an effort to jump-start Japan, but holders of the dollar, won, Euro, yuan and other currencies see it as an act of aggression.

Naw Kham and three accomplices were executed for the killing of 13 Chinese fishermen. Their last moments were broadcast live on state TV.

The world’s billionaires had a combined fortune of $5.5 trillion -- the equivalent of China’s GDP, according to Hurun.

China's regulators will curb its rapidly expanding shadow banking system, which has for months greatly exceeded formal bank lending.

China's manufacturing activity expanded at a slower rate in February, data released Friday by the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

Four members of a foreign drug trafficking outfit were executed in China Friday for the murder of 13 fishermen on the Mekong River in 2011.

Crude oil prices declined and hovered below $92 a barrel in Asian trading Friday as disappointing Chinese manufacturing growth weighed on sentiment.