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A visit from the South Korean president to some islands in the Sea of Japan has sparked a small flame war in an ongoing territorial dispute. The big fish in the pool, China, is steering clear of this one, despite its entanglement in island disputes with many other countries in the area.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture slashed its corn-yield forecast for the year as the Food and Agriculture Organization warns of a potential repeat of the 2007-08 global food crisis.

They’re here now, but they won’t be around forever.

Would the expressions of grief be as widespread and deep if neo-Nazi Wade Michael Page had shot up a camp filled with illegal aliens from Mexico?

The speed of broadband connections is steadily on the rise, Akamai's Q1 2012 "State of the Internet" report has stated. The broadband speed is now 2.6 Mbps in comparison to 2.3 Mbps registered last quarter.

The Renault-Nissan Alliance headed by superstar CEO Carlos Ghosn is hoping to beat the crowds in the nascent African automotive market with the largest assembly plant on the continent.

Asian stock markets declined for the first time in five days Friday as weaker-than-expected Chinese trade data stoked fears of a growth slowdown in the world's second largest economy.

U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open Friday as China's trade data for July fell short of expectations.

European markets fell Friday as investor confidence was weighed down following disappointing trade data from China giving further indication that the global economic condition is faltering.

China reported a trade surplus of $25.1 billion in July amid slower-than-expected growth in exports and imports, raising the concern that the world's second largest economy isn't doing enough to stimulate the economy and avert a slowdown.

Most of the Asian markets fell Friday as investors were disappointed to note that China's trade balance for July was worse than expected, increasing concerns about the faltering economic condition.

The 2012 Olympics medal count of shame is a list curated by the Wall Street Journal during the London Games which shows that though Britain has done stunningly well when it comes to bringing home gold, silver and bronze medals, its athletes have also had by far the most last, second-to-last and third-to-last performances of any nation this year.

Thursday was another eventful day in London.

Iowa, the largest state grower of corn and soy, has seen the size of its territory under extreme drought conditions rise from almost 31 percent last week to nearly 70 percent since Tuesday.

Claressa Shields and Marlen Esparza medaled at the 2012 London Olympics for the U.S.

Maybe you’ve heard the accusations that the opening ceremony was a leftist propaganda campaign. That’s all true, but it goes far deeper than that.

Kenya has thrown in a bid, along with Egypt and South Africa, to be the first African nation to host the Olympics in 2024. But the Kenyan economy might not be able to handle the financial burden.

Pakistanis consume heroin valued at $1.2 billion every year.

According to a new IDC report, Android and iOS together accounted for 85 percent of all smartphones shipped in the second quarter of 2012, establishing a new combined high for the mobile operating systems from Google and Apple.

Technology may have a good second half of 2012 after all, despite all the fears of economic collapse, lower demand for PCs and other worries. After Computer Sciences reported better-than-expected results on Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard said third-quarter results would be stronger, too.

U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data and the Bureau of Economic Analysis' trade balance report.