UN in Pyongyang to spur disarmament talks; NKorean, Chinese nuclear envoys meet in Beijing A senior U.N. envoy held talks with North Korean ...
20-year-old man in China jailed 18 months for joining banned political party A 20-year-old factory worker who joined a banned political party because ...
China's January imports, exports up strongly, suggesting trade recovery on track China's export growth accelerated in January and imports rose, adding to signs a recovery in global and Chinese demand is on track. January exports rose 21 percent from a year earlier, ...
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Top global miner BHP Billiton <BHP.AX> signaled caution over a sustained global recovery and held off from a share buyback after reporting its weakest first-half profit in four years. BHP's July-December profit nevertheless beat market forecasts and was 24 ...
China high court stresses 'justice tempered with mercy,' limited use of death penalty China's highest court has issued new guidelines on the death penalty that instruct lower courts to limit its use to a small number of "extremely serious" cases. The Supreme ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to build a national renewable energy center to enhance the country's clean energy development, the China Daily reported, citing a government official. The center, still at a preliminary planning stage, would be responsible for policymaking, key projects, ...
Year of the Tiger This white tiger definitely has something to smile about this Chinese New Year. When the Chinese celebrate the turn of the new lunar calendar on Sunday (14Feb10) they will toast this ferocious animal - 2010 is the year ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official on Tuesday criticized China and other leading developing countries for trying to weaken the Copenhagen Accord to fight global warming and raised the prospect that a fuller international pact may be not be struck by ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. industry executives from the wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal and biomass sectors pushed on Tuesday for a federal renewable energy standard, which they said would foster growth and create jobs. This could also spur these industries at a time ...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California (Reuters) - Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become "very hard to operate" in China, but he is optimistic that the Internet company can continue to "open up information for everyone everywhere, free of political ...
Coca-Cola's 4th-quarter profit climbs as beverage maker sees drink sales rise overseas International sales again added fizz to Coca-Cola's fourth quarter, while sales in North America softened, to lift profit 55 percent in the last three months of the year. Although the ...
A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday: ___ BRUSSELS — Financial markets are betting that Greece's crushing debt could drag ...
