North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such missiles, but the latest launches came during a period of tentative diplomacy aimed at easing tensions.Full story
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will provide $2 billion worth of financial support over five years to back Japanese firms' resources development projects in Africa, media reported on Saturday. Full story
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's housing inflation accelerated to its fastest pace in April in two years, driven by a jump in prices in Beijing and Shanghai, complicating the task of policymakers trying to cool the property sector while supporting economic expansion. Full story
History has been made and remembered. Twenty-four surviving sailors from the USS Franklin held a reunion at Patriot's Point in Charleston. In 1945, the Franklin, nicknamed “Big Ben” was hit by 2 Japanese bombs, exploding 31 armed and fueled aircraft sitting on her deck. More than 800 were killed, th
Nicholas Thompson, editor of The New Yorker magazine's website, talks with Rachel Maddow about their "Strongbox" submission tool that allows sources to remain anonymous and untraceable when they submit a story tip.
A dissatisfied customer in China seeks a new way to get his point across...by destroying his Maserati.
Abhay Desphande, First Eagle, shares some of his favorite Japan equity plays, but warns investors not to try and pick out individual stocks. And the Fast Money traders debate the bull and bear trade on JC Penney.
Over 1,000 people took to the streets of the southern Chinese city of Kunming on Thursday to protest plans by the state owned oil monopoly to build a refinery nearby.
epa03692883 China's President Xi Jinping shakes hands with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 09 May 2013. Netanyahu is on an official visit to China between 06 to 10 May. EPA/KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL
China's Suntech Chief Executive Shi Zhengrong speaks at the annul Boao Forum in Boao, in southern China's Hainan province April 2, 2012. Picture taken April 2, 2012. To match Special Report SUNTECH/SHI REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS HEADSHOT) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL S
China's Suntech Chief Executive Shi Zhengrong talks to a journalist at Suntech Power Holdings' headquarters in Wuxi, Jiangsu province, June 3, 2009. Picture taken June 3, 2009. To match Special Report SUNTECH/SHI REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL
The Suntech Power Holdings logo is seen on the roof of a building at the company's headquarters in Wuxi, Jiangsu province March 21, 2013. Picture taken March 21, 2013. To match Special Report SUNTECH/SHI REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS LOGO) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SAL
