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Japan’s retail sales rose less than expected in September indicating that consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity, continues to falter.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Monday as better-than-expected reading on the U.S. economic activity data lifted sentiment.

More than 22,000 people — majority from Muslim communities — have been rendered homeless in western Myanmar, the U.N. said Sunday even as President Thein Sein admitted that an unprecedented wave of sectarian violence has targeted the nation’s Rohingya Muslims destroying several villages and townships.

The cease-fire between the Syrian Army and opposition forces has failed amid reports of car bombings, artillery fire and airstrikes in Damascus.

For centuries, those in the East have scrambled to accommodate the needs of those in the West, but, in the next decade, things will change.

Four years ago, Indians were fired up about Barack Obama. This time, they don't care as much who wins -- but that's a good thing.

Asian stock markets ended on a negative note last week as the disappointing corporate earnings from the major companies in the U.S. and Asia weighed on the sentiment and suggested that the global economic growth momentum continued to falter.

With China’s manufacturing activity continuing to remain in contraction, market participants have renewed their call for urgent policy easing measures in the coming months to attain a firmer growth recovery.

Asian markets fell in the week with investor sentiment turning negative following the disappointing corporate earnings in the U.S. indicating that the global economic growth momentum continues to falter.

British actor Christian Bale presented Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng with an award for exposing government injustices in China at a Human Rights First dinner in New York on Wednesday.

Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang and the other five likely members of China's new top leadership group are a bit of a mystery in the West. Here's who they are, what they've done, and what they might do in power.

"Cloud Atlas" was released into movie theaters Friday, and it is already getting fantastic reviews.

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is no longer one of the top 5 smartphone vendors, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation (IDC).

With its Party Congress ahead, and after the paper published a report on Premier Wen's wealth, China blocked access to the Times' website.

The captain of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington Thursday said the U.S. Navy’s presence in Asia would help safeguard the “freedom of navigation,” alluding to China’s claims of sovereignty over international waters in the region, the AFP reported.

The family of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, which he had once described as “poor,” accumulated massive wealth during his time in power, the New York Times reported Friday.

Japan’s government announced a stimulus package of 422.6 billion yen ($5.3 billion) as a measure to bolster the weakening economy and revive the economic growth momentum.

China's parliament has expelled fallen party leader Bo Xilai, state news agency Xinhua said Friday, allowing formal criminal charges to be laid against him.

China has been rocked by two separate teacher abuse incidents. In one case, a teacher was caught on camera abusing her kindergarten students over a ten-minute time span, the second case involved a teacher posting photos online of her abusing her students, including one photo where she is pulling a student by his ears off the ground.

Asian shares edged lower Friday as investors kept a wary eye on corporate earnings reports now coming out.

Canadian Researchers have discovered that dinosaurs developed wings earlier than previously believed. The researchers also discovered that Ostrich Dinosaurs used their feathers for courting or protecting eggs, not for flight.