China plans to shut down over 2,000 small-scale coal mines by 2015 in an effort to eliminate outdated capacity and improve work safety, according to the State Administration of Work Safety.
China's consumer prices increased at a slower pace in April as the cost of fresh vegetables and pork both declined, official data showed on Friday.
The Philippine stock market retreated on Thursday following the drop in the U.S. equities.
The leaders of the U.S. Senate banking committee on Tuesday said that they have reached an agreement on a housing finance reform proposal to wind down the U. S. mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The number of Americans initially applying for unemployment aid unexpectedly edged down last week to the lowest level in more than two months
Record numbers of overseas visitors failed to prevent a fall in guest nights spent in New Zealand commercial accommodation in September, figures from the government statistics agency showed Tuesday.
The Syrian army recaptured Thursday three towns in the southern countryside of the capital Damascus after dealing "heavy blows" to the armed groups.
The H7N9 bird flu epidemic, which has inflicted huge losses on China's poultry industry, is also hitting the country's down products manufacturers, as the output of raw down feathers plunged following the massive culling of birds and poultry.
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