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US conglomerate General Electric (GE) announced Monday it is selling its home appliances business to Swedish white-goods group Electrolux for US$3.3 b......

The outlook for the German economy, Europe's biggest, brightened on Monday when data showed the country's trade surplus hit a new record in July on ......

A cease-fire between pro-Russian rebels and Ukrainian government troops appears to be largely holding in eastern Ukraine, a day after shelling and cla......

The next generation of Australian submarines will be made in Japan, local media reported on Monday. News Corp Australia claims the Australian governm......

Hong Kong stocks ended 0.20 percent lower Monday following a mixed bag of Chinese trade data that adds to concerns about the mainland economy. The ......

A British boy who was taken from a UK hospital without doctors' consent is on his way to Prague with his parents for treatment for his brain tumor. ......

A pre-trial hearing for nine Chinese fishermen charged with poaching sea turtles in disputed waters with the Philippines has been postponed again beca......

Thirty-one children who had been blocked for months from leaving Congo with their adoptive parents have arrived in Rome for a joyful reunion with thei......

A Chinese antiques dealer has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for masterminding an international operation that smuggled rhinoceros horn ......

Japanese tire manufacturer Bridgestone Corp. is reportedly set to become a top-tier sponsor of the International Olympic Committee in a 10-year deal t......

A Cyprus court has ordered a police inspector to pay 30,000 euros compensation to a female colleague for posting without her permission video of them ......

Japan's coastguard was rushing Thursday to deal with an explosion and subsequent fire aboard a tanker off the country's coast, officials and the pri......

A suspected Boko Haram attack on a military base and police station in northeastern Nigeria left at least 33 people dead, a security source told AFP o......

Tokyo stocks ended the morning session flat Thursday as the stronger yen hit exporters and investors booked profits following a five-day winning str......

Fugitive self-proclaimed spy Edward Snowden admitted Wednesday he wants to return home, as he defended his massive leak of intelligence secrets, say......

Malcolm Glazer, the controversial American owner of English Premier League giants Manchester United, died Wednesday. He was 85. Glazer -- the son of ......

The High Court will give a ruling within two weeks on whether to grant leave for a judicial review of the government's refusal to issue a free-to-air ......

International figures such as Kofi Annan and Hillary Clinton could get a say in who wins the Nobel Peace Prize, as a recent spat with China pushes Nor......

A Japanese oil tanker exploded Thursday off the country's southwest coast near Himeji port, leaving one of the eight people aboard missing, the coast ......

A man was led away in handcuffs after attacking Brad Pitt on the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the movie "Maleficent.'' Pitt was apparently ......