Five million Scots will vote in September next year to decide whether they will seek independence and leave the United Kingdom.
China and Russia are expected to strike deals on boosting oil trade and building a natural gas pipeline during President Xi Jinping's forthcoming state visit to Russia, Vice Foreign Minister Cheng Guoping said.
The Cypriot government announced on Wednesday that banks will remain closed for five more days as politicians and technocrats probe ways of urgently raising funds to close a gap created when parliament rejected a levy on bank deposits.
The fifth BRICS summit should focus on finding ways of enhancing relations between BRICS members and the African continent, a South Africa government minister said on Tuesday.
The Eurogroup made an unprecedented decision at the end of a marathon bargaining in the early hours of Saturday, imposing a so-called bail-in, or haircut, on Cyprus, meaning all depositors have to pay a one-off tax. This was fixed at 6.75 percent for deposits up to 100,000 euros and at 9.9 percent for deposits above that amount.
The China Railway Corporation, which will take over the commercial functions of the former Ministry of Railways (MOR), went into business on Sunday.
Although the interim government that will be created in Pakistan in a week's time will focus on the holding of a free, fair and transparent elections, security will be its biggest challenge as the country still faces the ruthless Taliban militants who routinely target politicians in their terror campaign.
The Chinese government has approved the establishment of the China Railway Corporation to perform the business functions of the defunct Ministry of Railways (MOR) as part of the country's cabinet restructuring plan.
The Pakistani government and the main opposition party, the Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N), have intensified talks on the appointment of a consensus caretaker Prime Minister ahead of the parliamentary elections.
Japan's upper house on Friday approved the nomination of Haruhiko Kuroda for Bank of Japan governor and that of Kikuo Iwata and Hiroshi Nakaso for deputy chiefs.
The governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said Wednesday that China's monetary policies will remain stable and continuous, no matter who ends up becoming the central bank's new governor.
China's lawmakers attending the ongoing national legislative session are expecting three busy days from Thursday to elect and appoint state leaders.
Thailand's rail systems will undergo a major reconstruction scheme that would include the use of China-made high-speed trains to service the increasing volume of cargoes and passengers throughout the country.
Japan on Monday marked the second anniversary of 2011 devastating earthquake and tsunami which destroyed the country's northeast part and triggered the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl crisis in 1986.
Venezuela's National Electoral Council (CNE) announced on Saturday after a special meeting of its Board of Directors that the presidential elections will be held on April 14.
The powerful Railways Ministry will be dissolved, and several other departments and agencies will be reorganized, according to a plan submitted to the national legislative session on Sunday.
China plans to dismantle the Ministry of Railways into administrative and commercial arms to reduce bureaucracy and improve railway service efficiency, a top Chinese official said Sunday.
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