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The building where five members of one family died along with two other victims in an intense blaze had an alarm system, yet witnesses say no warning sounded.

China sentenced 32 people in its western Xinjiang region to prison terms for downloading or sending "violent terror" videos, state media said, as authorities crackdown on people they say are Islamists and separatists behind recent attacks.

China's central bank is looking into allegations by a state broadcaster that Bank of China, the country's fourth largest lender, has been laundering money offshore for clients, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.

The College Board apologized for a "culturally and racially insensitive" T-shirt and some comments made at its Advanced Placement World History exam grading event last month.

Samsung is facing a fresh accusation that one of its China suppliers hired children to meet production targets during a period of high demand from the South Korean electronics giant.

In this file photo taken May 16, 2014, Vietnamese expatriates and Filipinos display placards as they join together in a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate at the financial district of Makati city in the Philippines to protest the recent moves by China to construct an oil rig near the Vietnamese-claimed Paracels off the contested Spratlys group ... (more)

Standard Bank said it has a total exposure related to China's Qingdao port of about $170 million worth of aluminium, and has started legal proceedings in Shandong Province to protect its position.

A Chinese citizen kidnapped in the eastern Malaysian state of Sabah a month ago has been freed, the official Xinhua News Agency and a Malaysian newspaper reported Thursday.

China will act to promote judicial independence over the next five years with measures including specialized tribunals for environment and intellectual property cases, state media reported on Wednesday.

In an increasingly global economy, just 1 in 10 teenagers around the world is able to make some key - but complex - financial decisions, including choosing among various loans or analyzing invoices and pay slips.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attend the opening ceremony of the 6th China-U.S. Security and Economic Dialogue and 5th round of China-U.S. High Level Consultation on People-to-People Exchange at Diaoyutai State Guest House on July 9 in Beijing.

The project, to be located near the intersection of the Chicago River and Lake Michigan, will be the city's third tallest building with a height of 350 metres, the company said in a statement.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, third right, U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, second right, and U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus, second left, tour the Badaling section of the Great Wall of China with Chen Fei, left, deputy director of the Badaling Great Wall Special District, and Guo Jiaqiang, right, deputy director of the Badaling Foreign ... (more)

A dozen people died and 33 others were missing Wednesday after being swept away or buried by two landslides in southwestern China.

July 8, 2014: DS marks two years in China with a special event at DS World in Shanghai Celebrations include delivery of the 10,000th DS in the Chinese market, the launch of a new DS Club & the world-exclusive reveal of DS 6WR's interior DS has just celebrated two years in China - the world's biggest car market - with a special event at DS World in ... (more)

A group of Canadian MPs and senators had a first-hand experience of what Israelis have been enduring when they were shaken up by air raid sirens during their visit to Jerusalem on Tuesday, the trip's organizer said.

A Chinese newspaper published a map of Japan with mushroom clouds rising above Hiroshima and Nagasaki, provoking outrage today from Tokyo's foreign minister, who is from the first of the cities to be obliterated.

International cooperation needed to combat dangerous material, Cao Yin reports in Beijing.

A migrant child is vaccinated at a hospital on Children's Immunization Publicity Day April 25, 2005 in Beijing, China.

From mountains near Beijing, China's version of the U.S. National Security Agency monitors Russia and tracks missiles.