French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault on Monday rejected opposition's calls for a parliament vote on the Syria crisis.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday that France will face negative repercussions if Paris and its allies launch a military intervention against his country.
Beijing on Monday unveiled a package of measures, including cutting vehicle emissions and curbing industrial pollution, in a bid to improve air quality in the often smog-shrouded city.
China's securities watchdog confirmed on Friday that abnormal trading on Aug. 16 by Everbright Securities constitutes legal and regulatory violations and slapped the company with record penalties totaling 523 million yuan (84.75 million U.S. dollars).
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to bring the Syria issue to a Group of Twenty (G20) summit to solicit support for military intervention, a Russian lawmaker said Sunday.
South Korea and the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) officially signed an agreement on forming a joint committee to run the Kaesong industrial complex, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Thursday.
Russian Navy will conduct a routine ships rotation early September in the Mediterranean Sea, the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday.
After last week's alleged chemical attack in rebels-held suburbs of Damascus, some western leaders insisted the use of force as they believed Syrian government was behind the attack.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon cut short a European visit to return to UN headquarters Thursday to await a preliminary report from chemical weapons investigators who are due to complete work in Syria this weekend, a UN spokesman said here.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday warned of "disastrous" consequences of a possible U.S. attack on Syria, saying that U.S. military intervention in Syria will be a "catastrophe" for the region, semi- official ISNA news agency reported.
South Korea planned to widen financial support for local companies to win overseas plant and construction orders by encouraging private-sector financial firms to participate in overseas projects as investors, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
The New Zealand government will act on recommendations made by inquiries to the Fonterra botulism scare, but it will not rush to conclusions about what went wrong, Trade Minister Tim Groser said Wednesday.
A State Council plan to suspend some laws governing foreign investment in the Shanghai pilot free trade zone (FTZ) will break new ground in China's investment management mechanism and boost foreign capital inflow, said analysts.
While New Zealand's relation with China remained strong after the scare, its Trade Minister Tim Groser said officials in China and other Asian countries were closely watching the New Zealand government's response, he said in a published speech to the Wellington Chamber of Commerce.
South Korea planned to widen financial support for local companies to win overseas plant and construction orders by encouraging private-sector financial firms to participate in overseas projects as investors, the finance ministry said Wednesday.
A number of Chinese-language films promise to have relevant visibility as the Venice film festival prepares to start its venerable 70th edition on Wednesday reinventing itself with increasing competitions.
China's interest rate reforms entered a new stage as central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said that the country is ready to free deposit interest rates.
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