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Chinese warships will continue to patrol waters where Beijing has territorial claims, a top general said on Sunday, amid simmering rows with neighbouring countries over the South China Sea and islands controlled by Japan. Lieutenant General Qi Jianguo, deputy chief

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Japan has suspended imports of some US wheat after genetically engineered crops were found on an Oregon farm, a government official said Friday. Tokyo’s move came as the European Union told its member states to test imports from the area,

(AP) World markets mixed after Japan market dipBy TOBY STERLINGAP Business WriterAMSTERDAMWith U.S. markets closed, world stocks ended Monday mostly higher _ with Japan the notable exception as the Nikkei sold off sharply for the second time in a week.

(AP) US, China set the stage for Obama-Xi summitBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGAn upcoming summit with President Barack Obama comes at a “critical juncture” in relations between China and the U.S., Chinese President Xi Jinping said Monday, underscoring the challenge they

By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated PressJERUSALEM It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel’s self-described status as “Start-Up Nation,” a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world’s reliance on oil —

(AP) Markets roiled by Nikkei’s 7.3 percent slideBy PAN PYLAS and PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WritersLONDONFinancial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than

North Korea fired three short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan on Sunday that fell into the ocean east of the Korean Peninsula, news agencies and the Wall Street Journal report.  South Korean defense experts cited by the Journal indicated the missiles

North Korea on Sunday test-fired a short-range missile off its east coast, its fourth in two days, a Seoul official said. The guided missile was fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) on Sunday afternoon, a defence ministry spokesman

(AP) – 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.

Yahoo Japan Corp. has said it suspects up to 22 million user IDs may have been stolen during an unauthorised attempt to access the administrative system of its Yahoo! Japan portal. The information did not include passwords and the kind

(AP) China questions Japan rule over OkinawaBy CHRISTOPHER BODEENAssociated PressBEIJINGChina is trying to strengthen its claim on tiny, uninhabited, Japanese-controlled islands by raising questions about the much larger Okinawa chain that is home to more than a million Japanese along

(AP) – The surge in oil production in the U.S. and Canada and shrinking oil consumption in the developed world is transforming the global oil market. The threat of chronic oil shortages is all but gone, U.S. dependence on Middle

Finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of Seven leading economies will meet in the English countryside on Friday for talks on spurring growth, amid US-Europe divisions over the scale of austerity. The G7 — comprising Britain, Canada,

On April 28, U.S. F-22s were scrambled and made visual confirmation of Russian bombers in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).  The bombers did not enter U.S. airspace, although “the Alaska ADIZ is a formal national security zone used