Apple's freshly sliced shares climbFreshly split Apple shares closed at a high, with investors evidently betting the California company will debut popular new gadgets.
20 August 2014
China's former security chief under investigation: XinhuaChina's former security chief Zhou Yongkang is under investigation, the official Xinhua news agency said Tuesday, in a move targeting one of the ruling Communist Party's most powerful men.
30 July 2014
Historic Chinese church gutted by fire: XinhuaA fire largely destroyed one of China's oldest churches early Monday, state media reported, gutting the inside of the late 19th century structure.
29 July 2014
Veteran Catalan leader reveals family kept money abroadA former premier of Spain's Catalonia region and one of its biggest political powerbrokers said Friday his family kept undeclared money abroad for over 30 years and apologised for the "mistake".
26 July 2014
Kazakhstan steps up space researchThe Tian Shan Astronomical Observatory in the mountains near Almaty, Kazakhstan has completed modernising its two telescopes.