CHINA

China’s biggest property developer could spend up to $9.3 billion in a stock-and-cash deal to thwart a hostile takeover bid.

Following the completion of the deal, Citic would become China Overseas Land & Investment's second-largest shareholder.

As the Bank of Japan's two-day policy meeting begins Monday, Asian shares started the week higher, buoyed by gains on Wall Street and glimmers of strength in weekend data from China.

U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne said he would propose more cuts to government spending at the annual budget announcement Wednesday.

Lee’s victory, which comes after three consecutive losses in the five-game series against Google’s AlphaGo, proves that the program is far from invincible.

China’s new securities regulator Liu Shiyu struck a cautious tone in his first public comments and defended Beijing’s intervention aimed at propping up stocks.

Chief prosecutor Cao Jianming and Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said Sunday that combating “infiltration, subversion and sabotage” would be the administration’s key priority.

China’s increasingly assertive claims in the South China Sea, along with its rapidly modernizing navy, have rattled nerves around the region.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on global powers to punish Iran for violating United Nations sanctions.

As the tech company and the U.S. government wrestle over encryption issues, many industry players say they've seen this all before.

The program took an unassailable lead in the five-game Go series against its human competitor, marking a watershed moment in machine learning.

Factories and retailers in the world’s second-largest economy performed worse than expected in the first two months of the year, official data show.

The rating agency’s move comes soon after it lowered China’s credit rating outlook citing factors such as rising debt burden and falling foreign-exchange reserves.

The call comes as policymakers the world over are struggling to revive their economies, which have been buffeted by slowing productivity and high debt.

The phrase “third-generation pig,” once blocked by Chinese internet censors, is now searchable, amid reported rising tensions between China and North Korea.

For the first time this year, investors are putting money into mutual funds and exchange-traded funds rather than taking it out, data show.

Record high employment, strong local consumption and a weaker euro should continue to boost the economy, Germany’s economy ministry said.

While both countries agreed on the need for measures to prevent North Korea's nuclear development, they condemned the deployment of a missile defense system by the U.S.

China's big cities, some of the most polluted on the planet, have continued to experience severe air pollution.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi unveiled a slew of growth-boosting measures like rate cuts and an extended asset-buying program.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the sale was part of a deal reached last year.