CHINA

Volume manufacturing expected to ramp up next month; sources say design will stay the same.

A preservation society for the Great Wall of China is warning that entire sections of it are falling into severe disrepair and are close to collapse.

Chinese activists say the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage has led to unprecedented debate in both traditional and social media — but has provoked strong criticism too.

Russia’s new Yu-71 hypersonic missile is said to have a maximum speed of about 7,000 mph.

Engineers reportedly completed the development of the new traction system in 2011.

The founding of the new Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has become something of an embarrassment for the U.S., which announced early on that it would not be joining.

U.S. stock futures dived almost 2 percent at one point to hit a three-month low, and last traded down 1.6 percent.

"Jurassic World" continues to eat away at the box office competition internationally, hitting more than $1 billion in ticket sales in record time.

An agreement on Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and six world powers will not be reached by June 30, but negotiators will continue talking.

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said, however, that tough days lay ahead as a self-imposed June 30 deadline nears.

There has been a great deal of skepticism towards TTIP in Germany, Europe's largest economy, where media coverage has focused largely on protests from anti-globalization groups.

Almost 200 people are now in intensive-care units, and at least eight have life-threatening injuries, after colored powder sprayed on revelers caught fire at a concert.

Construction of an international terminal was paused around the same time six government officials disappeared.

With a self-imposed deadline approaching on Tuesday, both sides emphasized that major obstacles remained to finalizing a deal.

An investigation into the business dinner attended by Xiang Shuguang, mayor of Yongzhou city, and other officials, found that the party cost about $1,200.

A Chinese official says other countries are encroaching on the nation's historical claims to a wide swath of the South China Sea.

The interest rate cuts will help stabilize growth, adjust structures and lower social financing costs, the country's central bank said.

A U.S. report published this week branded North Korea's human rights record as "among the worst in the world," with public executions, political prison camps and torture.

Russia has planned a lunar mission for 2029-2030, but the mission is not seen as a technological race with the U.S., which is targeting Mars.

French President Francois Hollande condemned the violence, but said that the French Uber app "should be dismantled and declared illegal."

Several videos posted online of children being bullied by their peers have prompted calls to strengthen China's child protection laws.