CHINA

A key indicator of economic health, business travel is forecast to rise by more than 6 percent in Europe next year, according to a new study.

The data released Sunday show the country's foreign trade dropped 9 percent in October, marking its eighth consecutive monthly decline.

The Communist Party's People's Daily repeated familiar threats against Taiwan the day after the historic summit.

"The United States will defend ... the principled international order," the U.S. defense secretary vowed, in the face of aggressive geopolitical moves from Russia and China.

Although there are a record number of students learning at Britain's "public" institutions, they're not spread out evenly across the country.

The so-called Crackas With Attitude allegedly obtained personal data about 3,000 government employees, most apparently in the field of law enforcement.

Regulators in Beijing are postponing plans to loosen controls on China's economy as the country struggles to maintain an acceptable growth rate.

Leaders of China and Taiwan say their first talks in some seven decades will bring long-term benefits, but critics in Taiwan demonstrate against the historic meeting.

The biggest foreign-exchange stockpile in the world had dwindled previously in 2015 with China's central bank selling dollar assets in an attempt to stabilize the financial system.

In a controversial first meeting since China's 1949 revolution, Chinese President Xi Jinping tells Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-jeou they are "brothers."

China has overlapping claims with Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan and Brunei in the South China Sea, through which $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.

A Transparency International report has suggested that China is secretly spending up to $65 billion extra on defense.

Only eight players are left in the "Hearthstone" World Championship.

Eight of the best "World of Warcraft" Arena teams are competing for the top prize of $120,000.

Researchers at the University of Chicago found that children from nonreligious households were more altruistic than those who came from faith-based homes.

"Weather continues to impact ... search operations, but conditions are expected to be improved over the coming months," an operations update reads.

October’s better-than-expected gain of 271,000 jobs marks the best showing of 2015 and the lowest unemployment level since March 2008.

The health of the U.S. jobs market is one of the key factors in the Fed's thinking over a December rate hike that has aided the dollar's strength.

China is not among the 12 Pacific-Rim countries which last month agreed to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact.

China and Vietnam agreed to maintain peace in the South China Sea as Chinese President Xi Jinping ended his crucial visit to Vietnam Friday.

The drug became increasingly popular in Florida earlier this year, but has since spread to upstate New York and New York City.