Donald Trump and Jeb Bush have come under fire this week for remarks that have been deemed racially insensitive.
China's rate cuts reassure some investors, but concerns about the Chinese economy, and Tuesday's falls, spook others.
While stocks in Japan, South Korea and Australia recovered, benchmark indexes in India fell yet again.
Wang Jianlin, the richest person in Asia and chairman of the Dalian Wanda Group, was the hardest hit, losing $3.6 billion.
China's first amnesty in four decades will free military veterans, the elderly and disabled, and minors -- as long as they pose "no threat to society."
Goni was accompanied with strong winds and heavy rains in most of western Japan.
“Russia’s military activity in the Ukraine continues to be of great concern to us and to our European allies,” U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James said.
Most Asian markets, which started recovering after Monday’s dramatic fall, were hit by wild fluctuations Tuesday.
Choe Ryong Hae, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, will attend the Sept. 3 parade, Chinese deputy foreign minister Zhang Ming told a news briefing.
The injection of liquidity into the market by China has only had a limited impact on jittery investor sentiment.
Emerging markets in Southeast Asia will suffer the most from Chinese devaluation but are protected from some of the worst losses seen in 1997.
Asian nations' ability to cope with China's market meltdown will likely vary, analysts said.
“Miss Italy is a beauty contest, religion doesn’t enter into it and I don’t want everything focused on that,” Ahlam el-Brinis told local Italian media.
The recent financial market panic can be traced back to China's very real economic slowdown. Here's why it matters around the world.
Trump, who frequently bashes the Obama's administration's interactions with China, says the market meltdown is a result of poor planning.
"Beijing has been noticeably, almost painfully, absent from the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula," an observer said.
Ordinarily, Chinese news media have attempted to cast even the most incontrovertibly negative news in a bright light.
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Russia shares “sincere friendship and sympathy” with China.
U.S. Treasury notes are looking attractive again, forcing yields lower as investors worry stocks are in free fall. Shanghai was off more than 8 percent at noon.
Multiple explosions were heard at the base Sunday. The cause of the explosions remains unknown.
The world-famous heights are open to climbers again after the deadly disaster in April.
A group of miners was caught in a landslide after Typhoon Goni drenched the mountainsides in the northern portions of the country.
