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Li was speaking in Brazil where he has been announcing trade, finance and investment deals worth tens of billions of dollars.

As much as 2,500 barrels (105,000 gallons) of crude oil was released in Tuesday's rupture.

The closely-watched Fed meeting minutes showed many officials believed it would be premature to hike interest rates in June.

A plane en route from Venezuela and loaded with cocaine crashed into the Caribbean Sea while being pursued by the Colombian air force, officials said on Wednesday.

Lowe's shares fell 7 percent in thin premarket trading on Wednesday.

UBS said its settlement includes a $203 million penalty for pleading guilty to allegations it rigged Libor benchmark interest rates.

Britain's biggest clothing retailer also sells homewares and upmarket food.

The price rises came after a session on Tuesday that saw oil slide over 3 percent on a dollar rally and concerns of a building glut.

The subpoena demands that former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal appear before the House committee on June 3 to give a deposition.

Algerian troops ambushed and killed at least 22 militants allied to Islamic State as they held a meeting east of the capital on Tuesday in one of country's largest military operations in recent years, the defense ministry and a security source said.

Beau Biden, a son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Medical Center outside Washington, the vice president's office said on Tuesday.

The U.S government charged six Chinese nationals with economic espionage, saying they stole secrets from two companies that develop technology often used in military systems, the Department of Justice said on Tuesday.

Few economists think Britain is at risk of Japanese-style entrenched price falls.

The meeting is the latest in a series of gestures of reconciliation between Britain and Sinn Fein.

Egypt's human rights record has come under scrutiny since Abdel Fattah al-Sisi toppled Mohamed Mursi after mass protests against his rule.

Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Mong-koo had earlier met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Seoul.

The shooting of VonDerrit Myers renewed intensity of demonstrations in the area after Michael Brown was shot dead in August.

The lawsuit appeared to be the first filed by a nonemployee of the U.S. passenger rail service. Last week, an Amtrak worker who was riding the train as a passenger, filed the first lawsuit.

Greece is near a cash-for-reforms deal with its euro zone partners and the International Monetary Fund that would help it meet debt repayments next month, Greece's finance minister said Monday, as worries persist over a possible bankruptcy.

The United States and United Nations expressed deep concern on Monday about the death sentences handed down in Egypt for President Mohamed Mursi and other Islamists, while Turkey warned of Middle East turmoil if they are carried out.

The Marlins got off to just a 16-22 start under their third-year manager.

Behind exceptional goalkeeping, Anaheim won the conference finals opener against the Chicago Blackhawks, 4-1.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in South Korea for a two-day visit.

Moscow again repeated its denial that any regular Russian troops were involved in the eastern Ukraine conflict, which has cost over 6,100 lives.

Saudi Arabia-led OPEC decided at a meeting in November to maintain output and keep global markets amply supplied.

Real estate investment growth continued to slow in the first four months of 2015 to the lowest since May 2009.

Ramadi is the capital of Iraq's western Anbar province, which is dominated by Sunni Muslims.

While violence has lessened significantly since the ceasefire came into force in February, both sides accuse the other of violations.

While lawmakers praised a U.S. raid that killed an Islamic State leader in Syria, it was not clear if such risky special operations represented a new approach in fighting terror.