Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will run in a parliamentary by-election expected by the end of the year, a top party official said Monday, giving legitimacy to moves toward democracy after decades of military rule.
In a rare form of protest in China, supporters of dissident artist Ai Weiwei, under investigation on pornograhy charges, are posting nude photos of themselves.
When some bankers arrived late for work at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch's Asia headquarters in Hong Kong earlier this year, they found a Post-It note on their computer screens.
The National Museum of American History is once again featuring the bespoke First Lady exhibition to display an array of gowns and other exhibits belonging to the First Ladies of the United States during different eras.
Finance officials bit their nails and nervously watched the clock. There were 30 minutes left in a bond auction aimed at funding the deficit and there was not a single bid.
Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Qishan warned Monday that the global economy remains in a grim state and that an unbalanced recovery might be the best option, at talks where senior U.S. officials warned of a souring mood at home toward China.
Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile, said that self-immolation is almost regular in protest against China.
U.S. overspending on the military has diverted resources from civilian / social investments, weakening the economy, and, by extension weakening the nation. If it doesn’t substantially cut defense spending, the U.S.’s empire will likely share the fate of two other empires that overspent on the military -- the British Empire and the Soviet Union.
Al Weiwei, Chinese contemporary artist and leading political activist, has been facing new investigations for allegedly spreading online pictures of nudity.
A long-term global economic recession is certain to happen, and China must focus on domestic problems, Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan was quoted by the official Xinhua news agency as saying at the weekend.
American mining corporation, Molycorp Inc. has indicated that funding of new mining operations by developers may be difficult following the sharp decline in rare earth metal prices.
Airbus SAS has opened a logistics company in Tianjin, China, to optimize and support supply chain management for present and future industrial cooperation programs of EADS and Airbus in China. The center, in Tianjin's Free Trade Zone Comprehensive Bonded Area, is now fully operational.
World Gold Council's third-quarter demand report showed central bank buying going far above most analysts estimates. Analysis shows the mystery buyers to be China or India.
Rising sovereign yields in Europe added to negative pressure for global equities during the week
Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra declared central Bangkok safe from flooding.
The US is seeking to boost its influence in Southeast Asia, putting it at direct loggerheads with an ascendant China.
By Thanksgiving, the number of young people on Long Island charged with cheating on their college board exams is expected to reach 13, with at least five more arrests on tap, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said.
The United States and China faced off on Saturday over the thorny issue of how to resolve competing claims by Asian countries to sovereignty of the South China Sea, the latest point of friction between the two powers.
Coach Inc., a New York-based designer and marketer of luxury accessories, is planning major forays into China. The company's aim is to make the country its biggest market by 2014.
On Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama was warned by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao against any kind of interference over the South China Sea dispute.
The United States plans to supply 24 refurbished F-16C/D fighter aircraft to Indonesia, the presidents of the two countries announced in Bali on Friday on the fringes of an Asia-Pacific summit.
The International Monetary Fund is inserting itself more forcefully into Europe's efforts to resolve its debt crisis, hoping to stem a contagion that is spreading worldwide and threatening global growth.
