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Yuan and euro banknotes. (Bloomberg) SHANGHAI (AFP) ― China will begin direct trading between its yuan currency and the euro starting on Tuesday, the …

Hong Kong’s embattled leader called Tuesday for an immediate end to street demonstrations that have drawn tens of thousands and paralysed the city, but …

Volcanic tremors and fears over a fresh eruption forced rescuers with gas masks to halt operations to recover bodies from a Japanese mountain on Tuesday, 72 …

Hong Kong’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying Tuesday called on protest leaders to “immediately” withdraw their followers from the streets in …

BRUSSELS (AFP) – The European Union said it will unveil on Tuesday details of investigations into sweetheart tax deals for Apple amid reports it will …

The international police body for the ongoing Incheon Asian Games has banned the entry of 16 foreigners into South Korea due to suspected links to Islamic …

HONG KONG ― Pro-democracy protesters wearing surgical masks and holding up umbrellas to protect against tear gas expanded their rallies throughout Hong Kong …

PARIS (AFP) ― Just three years after France’s upper house Senate made history with its first ever swing to the left, the right clawed back a majority …

BEIRUT (AP) — U.S.-led coalition strikes targeted Islamic State group positions overnight across in northern and eastern Syria, including one that hit a …

KISO, Japan (AP) ― Toxic gases and ash from a still-erupting Japanese volcano Monday forced rescue workers to call off their effort to bring down the rest of …