CHINA

Preliminary results from the necropsy of a week-old baby panda shed little light on why she died Sunday morning at the National Zoo.

North Korea may allow farmers to keep more of their crop as an incentive to produce more food for the hungry nation.

Maker of electronics components for Apple, Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft shuts factory for a day after its workers riot at nearby housing facility.

A Chinese court sentenced fallen Communist Party politician Bo Xilai’s former police chief for 15 years in prison Monday, a major step in wrapping up China’s worst political scandal in recent times.

Global rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Monday cut the economic growth forecast for the Asia Pacific countries, including China and India, citing the slowdown in China, euro zone troubles and a slower-than-expected recovery in the U.S.

Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology, a major supplier for technology firms including Apple, halted production at a plant in northern China after a fight broke out among workers, BBC has reported.

Asian stocks markets mostly declined Monday as the excitement over the announcement of the QE3 by the U.S. Fed Reserve faded while concerns over the euro zone crisis and growth slowdown in China also weighed.

Most of the Asian markets fell Monday as investor confidence was weighed down by the revival of concerns over the debt crisis affecting the euro zone and the economic slowdown faced by China.

The Syrian political opposition has called for a peaceful "overthrow" of President Bashar Assad, drawing a contrast with rebel forces, which have been locked in a brutal 18-month conflict with the military.

Most Asian stock markets ended on a negative note last week as the weak fiscal reports from the major economies and the China-Japan tensions weighed on the sentiment.

Most of the Asian markets fell in the week as investor confidence was weighed down by the intensifying tensions between China and Japan, raising concerns of economic slowdown and undermining the stimulus measures announced by the Bank of Japan.

India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh delivered the following speech on Friday on the economic reforms that were unveiled last week.

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) will shut down its once-popular China music download service on Oct. 19. A move that would benefit local rival Baidu.com Inc. (Nasdaq: BIDU).

Caterpillar's August deal statistics highlighted fears of a global slowdown, and the WTO lowered its 2012 global trade growth forecast to 2.5 percent.

Asian stocks advanced Friday as the commitment of the central banks to support global economic growth continued to buoy investor sentiment.

Most of the Asian markets rose Friday amid investor hopes that the stimulus measures announced this month by policymakers around the world will be able to bolster the global economic growth.

Asian shares and the euro steadied Friday as markets consolidated after recent sharp moves triggered by central banks' stimulus steps.

Hundreds of Chinese fishing vessels are nearing the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands, protected by an increasing number of Chinese government vessels. The impasse between Beijing and Tokyo look no closer to resolution.

Thursday's purchasing managers' indexes, or PMIs, reignited fears about global growth prospects, as no country can remain unscathed from the euro zone debt crisis.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Thursday as investor concerns about the faltering global economic growth were revived following Japan’s increasing trade deficit.

European markets fell Thursday as investor confidence was weighed down by the global economic concerns following the increasing trade deficit of Japan and China’s disappointing manufacturing activity.