IBT Staff Reporter

Al Jazeera's English-language correspondent in Beijing, Melissa Chan, has been denied press credentials and visa renewal by Chinese authorities. The move has prompted Al Jazeera to close its Beijing bureau.

Google Inc infringed some of Oracle Corp's copyrights on the Java programming language, a U.S. jury found on Monday after days of deliberation.

China is set to move ahead with deepwater drilling in the South China Sea -- a controversial method of resource extraction in a controversial area of the world.

The U.S. is pushing India to cut its imports of Iranian oil. But even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Kolkata on Sunday to discuss the issue along with U.S.-India economic ties, a larger Iranian delegation was simultaneously traveling through New Delhi.

What inspires China's energetic Internet community? Why is the government so worried about it?

At the end of the high-level strategic talks between the U.S. and China, both countries have vowed to improve relations and to prevent human rights from becoming a major diplomatic stumbling block.

Over the next week, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie will meet with Defense Secretary Leon Panetta to deepen military-to-military ties between the two countries. It will be the first time in almost 9 years that a Chinese Defense Minister has made an official visit to the U.S.

Employers likely increased hiring in April, although not enough to lower the country's 8.2 percent jobless rate, keeping pressure on President Barack Obama ahead of his November re-election bid.

Depressed theater sales in the U.S. and bullish predictions about China's growing film market are driving big Hollywood directors and major studios to look across the Pacific for growth opportunities.

Amid mutual political and economic pressures, the U.S. and China are pushing each other to change economic and trade policies seen by each side as being disadvantageous to trade and economic growth.

A successor the Titanic may be coming from China, funded by Australian money. But not everybody is convinced the project will succeed.

As the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue talks are set to begin, it looks as if one issue has already been taken off the list of disagreements looming over this year's discussions.

China pushes ahead with efforts to create a regional and global alternative to GPS.

As U.S. and Chinese leaders are set to meet in Beijing on May 3-4, a year of troubles and differences will be prominent in their minds.

China's economic relationships with Eastern Europe are deepening. Although the Asian power's trade with the former Communist bloc often goes unnoticed in the Americas, it has increased significantly in recent years.

Stocks rose modestly on Friday, putting equities on track for a fourth day of gains as more strong earnings partially offset a weaker-than-expected reading on economic growth.

Stocks opened higher on Friday, putting Wall Street on track for a fourth day of gains as Amazon Inc. rallied after strong quarterly results.

Stocks were on track for a fourth day of gains on Friday, with Amazon the latest company to extend an earnings-driven rally that has erased most of April's losses and left investors eyeing a return to a new recovery high.

Stocks eyed a fourth day of gains on Friday, with Amazon the latest company to extend an earnings-driven rally that has wiped out much of the market's losses for April.

Asian shares rose on Friday, tracking U.S. stocks which jumped overnight on strong U.S. housing data and earnings, but concerns over the health of European banks weighed on investor risk appetite after Standard & Poor's downgraded Spain's rating.

Stocks advanced in choppy trade on Thursday as another batch of positive earnings and a strong housing report put equities on track for a third straight day of gains.

As Chinese investigations into Bo Xilai, the disgraced former boss of Chongqing and Politburo member, continue, the rest of his family and their business dealings are under the spotlight.

Bank of China <601988.SS>, the country's No.3 lender by market value, posted on Thursday a near 10 percent rise in first-quarter net profit but the figure fell below expectations as flat net interest margins offset a rise in fee income.

East Asia is rife with new military activity as maritime disputes highlight persistent tensions between neighbors.

Demand for long-lasting manufactured goods tumbled by the most in three years in March and businesses cut back on spending plans, suggesting the economy slowed as the first quarter drew to a close.

Stocks rose on Wednesday after Apple's blowout quarter overshadowed a drop in durable goods and further lifted optimism in an earnings season that has far outstripped expectations.

Bradley Manning, the U.S. intelligence analyst charged with leaking thousands of classified U.S. government cables to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, will face a court martial on September 21, a military judge said on Wednesday.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday offered a modestly brighter assessment of the economy's prospects and few clues on the path of monetary policy, as it reiterated that interest rates likely will not rise until at least late 2014.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday repeated its promise to leave interest rates on hold until at least late 2014 but offered few clues into whether it might offer additional stimulus later this year.