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Dumped Australian PM Gillard says sexism 'glossed over' Australia's first female leader Julia Gillard has spoken out against the "glossed over" sexism of her tenure, saying it would have ended political careers had it been about race.

27 July 2013

EU reaches 'amicable solution' with China on solar panel dispute The European Commission said Saturday it has reached an "amicable solution" with Beijing over imports of Chinese solar panels, a dispute that had threatened to turn into a full-blown trade war.

27 July 2013

21 dead as floods strike quake-hit Chinese province At least 21 people have been killed and four reported missing in floods and mudslides that hit a Chinese province where at least 95 others died this week in twin earthquakes.

27 July 2013

N. Korea stages largest parade to mark war anniversary North Korea mounted its largest ever military parade Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended fighting in the Korean War.

27 July 2013

Oil slips after China orders industrial capacity cuts World oil prices slipped on Friday after China ordered industrial production capacity cuts in the face of slowing economic growth.

27 July 2013

US Navy to retrieve bombs it dropped over Barrier Reef The United States Navy said Friday it will spearhead a search for four unarmed bombs it dropped over Australia's Great Barrier Reef and make sure they are safely removed.

26 July 2013

Nazarbayev condoles to China over quake in Gansu Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of condolences to Chinese President Xi Jinping over the earthquake in Gansu.

26 July 2013

US, Vietnam leaders build ties but disagree on rights US President Barack Obama on Thursday called on Vietnam's leader to improve on human rights but the former enemy nations pledged to work together on trade and tensions with China.

26 July 2013

Australian doctors call for ban on smacking kids Australian doctors Friday called for the smacking of children by parents to be made illegal, saying it was too easy to blur the line between reasonable discipline and abuse.

26 July 2013

UN concern at Australia's PNG boatpeople plan The United Nations on Friday said it was "troubled" by Australia's decision to send asylum-seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea given conditions there failed to adequately protect refugees.

26 July 2013

Debt, shadow finance bedevil China's economy Decades of breakneck expansion have given China gleaming skyscrapers and sleek railways, but brought piles of debt.

26 July 2013

Japan team develops micro-thin electric circuit A flexible electrical circuit one-fifth the thickness of food wrap and weighing less than a feather could improve the movement of artificial limbs by tapping into signals from the brain.

26 July 2013

Australia gifts Prince George a baby crocodile Australia's tropical Northern Territory presented an unusual gift to Britain's new royal baby, Prince George, a crocodile.

25 July 2013

Australia's Abbott plans military solution to boatpeople Australia's conservative opposition unveiled plans Thursday for a military-led response to repel boatpeople, branding the problem a "national emergency".

25 July 2013

Vietnam leader faces rights pressure on rare US visit Vietnam's president on Wednesday starts a rare visit to Washington to boost trade and security ties between the former war foes, but activists urged the United States to press him on human rights.

25 July 2013

Kazakhstan to increase grain export via China Kazakhstan is considering additional grain shipments to South-East Asia via China.

25 July 2013

Wells Fargo deposes China's ICBC as world's biggest bank The Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has lost its standing as the world's largest bank by market capitalisation to US-based Wells Fargo.

25 July 2013

Elderly with diabetes 50% likelier to have disability Older adults with diabetes are between 50 and 80 percent likelier to have a disability compared to people without the disease.

25 July 2013

Solomons peacekeeping force pulls back after 10 years The largest military operation in the Pacific since World War II wound up in the Solomon Islands on Wednesday after a decade working to end deep-seated ethnic violence in the poverty-stricken nation.

25 July 2013

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