UNITED STATES

China's yuan exchange rate is within a basically reasonable level, and it is not the root cause of the China-U.S. trade imbalance, Commerce Minister Chen Deming said in remarks published on Monday.

Gold prices gained nearly 1 percent on Monday after Greece's politicians sealed a deal to form a coalition government, while continued uncertainty about resolving the zone's debt crisis supported safe-haven demand in bullion.

Thousands of protesters opposed to a new oil pipeline from Canada to the United States circled the White House grounds Sunday to press President Barack Obama to reject the project for environmental reasons.

A retired right-wing general promising a crackdown on violent crime won Guatemala's presidential election Sunday and will be the first military man to take power since democracy was restored in 1986.

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have confirmed the death of leader Alfonso Cano, but reject the idea that the group must demobilize or perish. A statement of defiance (full text here) accompanied three guerrilla attacks this weekend, and experts warn the group remains a stronghold, despite Pres. Santos's assurances that FARC is at breaking point.

A series of messy budget showdowns earlier this year have left many in Washington pessimistic that politicians can deliver on two pressing priorities: taming surging deficits and spurring job growth.

Puss in Boots snatched the domestic box office title from a band of working-class thieves in the new Eddie Murphy action-comedy Tower Heist, studio estimates released on Sunday showed.

It may not be a blood bath, but it will definitely be a dogfight.

Lady Gaga stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast Sunday, scooping four prizes and going one better than 2010 when she also led the field with three.

CME Group said it was changing its margin requirements for customers of collapsed brokerage MF Global Holdings Ltd , cutting the size of any margin calls when positions are transferred to another brokerage.

Fast Retailing Co <9983.T>, Asia's largest clothing chain, is interested in buying a larger rival in the United States or Europe, as a stronger yen has boosted the Japanese company's purchasing power, Bloomberg said on Sunday.

Wall Street may find it hard to rally this week as Greece's new and untested coalition begins the process of ratifying a 130 billion-euro lifeline and the fate of Italy's government hangs by a thread.

Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar is no longer stamped Top Secret.

Animated film Puss in Boots held on to the domestic box office crown with a surprisingly strong second weekend performance that beat new Eddie Murphy comedy Tower Heist.

After another week of confusion and turmoil in Europe, investors are ditching whatever hopes they once had for a conclusive solution to the debt crisis.

United Airlines, the world's largest air carrier, will make the first U.S. commercial flight using an advanced biofuel on Monday, algae-based biofuel maker Solazyme Inc said.

The United States should be more open about its development of offensive cyber weapons and spell out when it will use them as it grapples with an increasing barrage of attacks by foreign hackers, the former No. 2 uniformed officer in the U.S. military said.

Europe has a new informal leadership directorate intent on finding a solution to the euro zone's debt crisis, but it has yet to prove its ability to come up with a lasting formula.

Pakistan's troubled foreign relationships scenarios have improved in recent months, said a top diplomat on Saturday, pointing to forthcoming trade talks with New Delhi and a broad agreement on regional security goals with Washington as evidence.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson's anticlotting drug Xarelto (rivaroxaban) to cut the risk of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AFib), both the company and the FDA announced.

25-year-old Lindsay Lohan crashed the party for the Clint Eastwood-directed and Leonardo DiCaprio-headlined J. Edgar biopic. With four days of freedom left before she spends a month in jail, Lohan insisted that she was an invited guest to the J. Edgar party. Page Six reports that she talked her way past security Thursday night at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.