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Rafael Nadal sent a scare through the U.S. Open Sunday when he collapsed during his post-match news conference because of severe cramping in his leg in a dramatic ending to the first week at the last grand slam of the year.

China is obstructing the release of Libya's frozen assets, the head of Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) Mustafa Abdel Jalil said in a news conference Saturday.

A consortium that included the Chinese government was the biggest buyer of a 5 percent stake in China Construction Bank Corp sold last month by Bank of America, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the U.S. Open Friday in a shock third round loss to Flavia Pennetta, while Andy Murray was lucky to survive after being pushed to five sets by Robin Haase.

Not even the A-listers are spared in Contagion, a star-studded movie directed by Steven Soderbergh that recreates the outbreak of a global pandemic.

The largest silver producer in China says it is being accused of accounting fraud by an anonymous party who admits to placing financial bets that the Vancouver-based company's shares will fall.

The European Union imposed a ban on purchases of Syrian oil on Saturday and targeted three Syrian firms in an expanded sanctions list meant to intensify pressure against President Bashar al-Assad's government.

Ford Motor plans to more than double its offers across vehicle segments in China, the world's top market, as it speeds up the launch of new models, a senior executive said on Saturday.

The world economy is stepping into a new danger zone, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday, as growth slows and investor confidence weakens.

The world economy is stepping into a new danger zone, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Saturday, as growth slows and investor confidence weakens.

Dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is living a heavily restricted life in Beijing after being released from detention earlier this year, but his work is speaking volumes to people in the second-largest U.S. city.

The International Monetary Fund, in a report summarizing its assessment of potential spillover impacts of global economic policy, suggested on Friday that debt sustainability was a key area of concern.

After a slow start that has frustrated U.S. business groups, the next four months could be important to President Barack Obama's legacy on trade.

Former champion Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the U.S. Open on Friday by Italian Flavia Pennetta in the biggest upset of the tournament so far.

During his tenure as the U.S. ambassador to China, GOP 2012 contender Jon Huntsman voiced his concern about China's gender imbalance that results from its one child policy, according to a diplomatic cable he penned in 2010.

China's Communist Party control is at risk unless the government takes firmer steps to stop Internet opinion being shaped by increasingly organized political foes, a team of party writers warned in a commentary published on Friday.

China's top search engine Baidu Inc is on the lookout for potential acquisitions and investment opportunities in the mobile and cloud computing spaces, its chief financial officer said on Friday.

China's top search engine Baidu Inc offered a glimpse of its upcoming mobile operating system and launched a new mobile application platform on Friday aimed at bolstering its presence in the increasingly competitive mobile web market.

College graduates in debt-stricken Portugal have been migrating in large numbers to its former colonies such as Brazil, Angola, and Mozambique to find work

Gold rose to a 1-1/2 week high on Friday, benefiting from caution about the euro zone debt crisis and ahead of the key U.S. non-farm payrolls data which is likely to underscore the frail state of the world's largest economy.

Gold prices held steady on Friday as investors stood on the sidelines ahead of a key U.S. payrolls report due later in the day, after recent data sent mixed signals about the status of the world's largest economy.