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A top official in China's prosperous Guangdong province is being investigated for "serious discipline violations", which is often a euphemism for corruption, state media said on Friday. The official, Cao Jianliao, is vice mayor of Guangzhou, the provincial capital of...

China and the United States have agreed to promote American beef exports in China, one of the world's fastest growing markets for the meat, China's vice commerce minister, Wang Chao, said on Friday. Further details were not immediately available. Wang...

The Bank of Japan kept monetary policy steady on Friday and maintained its view that the economy is recovering moderately, encouraged by growing signs the benefits of its massive stimulus are spreading through broader sectors of the economy. As widely...

Top executives and directors at some major U.S. companies may have less sway over votes on chief executive officer compensation and other shareholder matters if a campaign by a number of investor activists succeeds. For the 2014 annual meeting season,...

(L-R) ROMANIA'S PRESIDENT TRAIAN BASESCU, PORTUGAL'S PRIME MINISTER PEDRO PASSOS COELHO, CYPRUS' PRESIDENT NICOS ANASTASIADES, GERMANY'S CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT JOSE MANUEL BARROSO, FINLAND'S PRIME MINISTER JYRKI KATAINEN AND ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER ENRICO LETTA Europe's efforts to form...

On 27 November 1995, a calm voice issued this jarring statement on the BBC: “Abacha is sitting on a volcano. And I am going to explode it underneath him.” It belonged to Nelson Mandela. He was 77, and had...

Nigeria currently runs one of the largest bureaucracies in the developing World so much so that there are over three dozen cabinet level ministers working in the Executive Council of the Federation headed by President Good luck Jonathan and...

Manchester United hope striker Wayne Rooney will recover from a groin injury in time for Saturday's Premier League match at home to West Ham. Rooney was ruled out of Wednesday's Capital One Cup quarter-final victory against Stoke with a groin...

Barcelona say Lionel Messi is on track in his recovery from a hamstring injury. The Argentina forward is in Buenos Aires as he continues his rehabilitation from the injury which has kept him out for more than a month. Club doctor...

Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere has admitted a Football Association charge over an abusive hand gesture but will contest a mandatory two-game ban. Television pictures appeared to show the Gunners midfielder, 21, raising a finger towards the crowd during the 6-3...