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Officials are searching for ways to improve on some gloomy August economic numbers that showed retail sales at about 7.5 percent growth instead of the expected 7.9 percent.

Pork prices have jumped 50 percent over the past year in China and the UN says almost five million pigs have died or been culled in Asia because of swine fever

Christine Lagarde is expected to take over leadership of the European Central bank and calls for policymakers to address manmade threats to global growth

A virtual reconstruction of a Denisovan mandible found in Tibet

Rising tensions in the Middle East helped push oil prices higher

People walk near heavily damaged buildings in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria on September 16, 2019

FedEx is facing multiple investigations in China, where it has come under fire for delivery issues related to Chinese telecoms giant Huawei

People walk near heavily damaged buildings in the rebel-held city of Idlib in northwestern Syria on September 16, 2019

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor is said to have been born in a simple wooden hut on the slopes of a sacred mountain, and guide Kim Un Sim has no doubts: "Welcome to our holy land."The North is avowedly atheist, with its own Juche ideology proclaiming that "Man is the master of all things", but quasi-religious terminology abounds at Mount Paektu, a dormant volcano straddling the border with China.

A Bank of England survey found that nearly two-thirds of 400 companies believe they are as ready as they can be for a no-deal Brexit

OECD growth forecasts in selected countries

The fast-food chain made yet another investment in artificial intelligence, its third tech acquisition this year.

The Hong Kong protests started in opposition to an extradition bill but have morphed into a wider pro-democracy movement

The highest levels of trust were found in China, followed by India and then Canada.

Global trade is already contracting as the US and China slap tariffs on each other's goods, and is acting as a drag on the global economy

President Joko Widodo came to power promising to boost the economy with an infrastructure blitz but growth has been well short of expectations

China is set to use a huge new supply transport ship to ferry supplies to natural and artificial islands it has built in the South China Sea. Named the Sansha No. 2, it can “cover the whole South China Sea”, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency. The ship passed tests in August.

The scare of a mysterious lung disease that has killed 7 people so far has led to a change in the advertisement policy of leading TV channels. They will stop airing vaping products' advertisements.

The Fed cuts rates again but even this isn't enough for Trump, who wants zero interest.

Swedish environment activist Greta Thunberg (C) speaks with Militza Flaco (R) from the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities Guardians of the Forest after a gathering outside the US Supreme Court

As expected, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates