Typhoon Dujuan, the 21st typhoon of this year, made landfall in east China's Fujian Province on Tuesday morning.
Chinese shares slumped for a second day on Tuesday on weak economic data, suggesting the world's second-largest economy faces mounting downward pressure.
The environment outside the core zone of the Tianjin blast site remained normal despite the rainfall over the past two days, authorities said on Tuesday.
U.S. stocks posted solid gains Tuesday after falling for five consecutive sessions as Wall Street eyed U.S. Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting.
Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) soybeans rebounded with the help of an export sale, corn also settled higher, wheat, however, extended losses as the export condition worsens.
U.S. stocks ended lower amid lackluster quarterly results Tuesday, as investors were looking for excuses to lock in gains after the Nasdaq Composite Index's three-session record run.
Four more cases of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) were reported in South Korea Tuesday, while three deaths were added among the confirmed cases, the health ministry said.
U.S. stocks closed modestly lower after wavering between gains and losses on Tuesday, as Wall Street pondered over impacts of Greek debt crisis.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has called for "all-out efforts" and an "overnight battle" to save lives following a fatal cruise ship accident on the Yangtze River late Monday night.
U.S. stocks suffered big losses on Tuesday, as investors digested a string of data releases and Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen's speech.
Iran hopes to reach a nuclear agreement with world powers before the end of June although some difficulties and obstacles remain, a senior negotiator said on Tuesday.
Canada's stocks in Toronto Tuesday fell with a three-digit loss as volatility in the global government bond markets weighed on the market.
Some 500 people from the Chinese American and Korean American communities protested here on Tuesday against Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's continued efforts to distort historic facts.
U.S. stocks closed at the red territory after wavering in a tight range above flatline in most of the session Tuesday, as investors were assessing a strong U.S dollar against an across-the-board stock surge around the world.
The first black box of the crashed Germanwings flight, which has been found by gendarmes at the site of the disaster, is used for recording conversations in the cockpit, local media reported on Tuesday.
Australia's Opposition has called for the sacking of the federal education minister after the Senate on Tuesday night blocked attempts to deregulate the higher education sector for the second time in three months.
U.S. military crews struggled to carry out a search-and-rescue operations Wednesday afternoon after an army Black Hawk helicopter crashed during a training session Tuesday night in Florida, with seven Marines and four soldiers on board.
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