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U.S. retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said on Wednesday it will upgrade its vendor compliance process in China, requiring more documentation and making use of a computer-based system to help suppliers manage associated paperwork. The announcement came after state-owned China...

Ford Motor Co (F.N) will recall 13,493 imported Edge SUVs in China on a possible fuel system leak that could lead to a fire, China's quality watchdog said. The 2.0-litre SUVs, produced between September 2, 2010 and April 25, 2013,...

“We are...calling on Muslims in this part of the world to be well prepared because, very soon, we would launch a full scale war between the Muslims and the Christians.” Abubakar Shekau declared in February, 2011. In the interest of those...

For die-hard critics of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, anything that tends to suggest that his administration is doing well or that Nigeria is moving forward, should not be allowed to fly. There are those who belong to the group...

Must Lai Mohammed lie to be relevant in the All Progressives Congress (APC)? Even when other discerning members of his party make public statements that are devoid of the bias that has been his lot, he declares the opposite...

Nigeria’s (misnamed) Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the schedule for the 2015 set of general “elections.” The presidential and National Assembly “elections” will be held on February 14, 2015, followed by state “elections” on February 28, 2015. I...

Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned on Tuesday while deputies loyal to President Viktor Yanukovich, acting to calm violent street protests, back-tracked and overturned anti-protest laws they rammed through parliament 12 days ago. The first concrete concessions by Yanukovich since...

A man plunged to his death from JP Morgan's 33-storey tower in the heart of London's Canary Wharf financial district on Tuesday in what British police said was a "non-suspicious" incident. Police were called to the glass skyscraper at 8:02...

Wall Street edged modestly higher on Tuesday after a three-session decline on the S&P 500, but market sentiment was weighed by an unexpected drop in durable good orders in December and disappointing iPhone sales at tech giant Apple. REUTERS

Lower-than-expected holiday iPhone sales and a weak revenue forecast by Apple Inc renewed fears about Chinese demand and a tepid global market, wiping 8 percent off company stock. This year was to have been Apple Inc's watershed moment in China,...