The Chinese Foreign Minister said on Monday that the country made loans to Sri Lanka based on a consensus through talks between the two countries and at Sri Lanka's request, Reuters reports.
Washington and Tehran are trying to narrow their differences over Iran's nuclear program in talks set to begin Friday in Geneva. Negotiators failed to meet a self-imposed deadline in November to end the 12-year standoff over Tehran's nuclear capabilities. Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats will now again try to strike a deal.
Analysts at Germany-based GfK report that global smartphone sales exceeded 1.2 billion units in 2014, which is a 23 percent increase from the year before. GfK's 2014 sales tracking data shows Latin America is the fastest growing region for smartphones, up 59 percent year-on-year.
The son of actor Jackie Chan apologized to the public Saturday as he was released from a jail after serving a six-month sentence, Associated Press reports.
While the U.S. still claims the highest earning potential for both entertainment companies and online media, emerging markets like Mexico, India, China and Russia are catching up, reports Ernst & Young, the world's leading business management consultants.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September. Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to the United States in September, the Associated Press said based on Chinese media reports.
Chinese authorities on Friday openly displayed their anger over President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama. Obama called the Tibetan spiritual leader "a good friend" after the Thursday encounter at a Washington prayer meeting.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner landed a deal in Beijing ranging from two proposed nuclear power plants to joint space exploration, Associated Press reported.
The Malaysian government has officially declared the disappearance of Malaysian Airline flight MH370 an accidents. No trace of the Beijing-bound airplane has been found despite an intense search in the southern Indian Ocean since its disappearance.
The U.S. government confidently traced last year's massive Sony hack to North Korea in part because the National Security Agency had itself infiltrated Pyongyang's computer systems. The NSA tried to break into the North's networks as early as 2010 with the help of American allies.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who last year caused a firestorm when he visited a controversial shrine that includes the names of convicted war criminals, promised he would for express remorse for his country's role in World War II.
Chinese authorities on Tuesday doubled down on their decision to effectively block Google's email service Gmail, saying the Internet giant's refusal to obey local laws was to blame for the shutdown.
North Korea did not participate in a U.N. Security Council meeting Monday and Pyongyang is accusing the United States and its allies of using the issue as a weapon to overthrow dictator Kim Jong U
Chinese man awarded compensation for gay shock therapy A Chinese man won a court case, resulting in monetary compensation, after a court in Beijing ruled the electric shock therapy that was used to "cure" him of being gay.
Poor working conditions and long working days at an iPhone factory in China have once again brought the plight of the workers to light in a BBC documentary.
Latin America’s economy has been symbiotically linked to China’s consumption of its natural resources for decades, and now that China is slowing down its purchases, Latin America’s economy must brace itself for the upcoming blow.
Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the head monk of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, has entertained the idea that he might be the last Lama to ever hold the sacred title.
Hong Kong's leader declared on Monday that the ongoing pro-democracy protests that obstructed the city's roads for over two months have officially come to an end. Police arrested the last remaining demonstrators for refusing to move from a protest site.
