Africa/International

China's trade surplus surged to its second-highest level this year in October, adding to pressure on Beijing to ease currency controls as leaders of the major rich and developing nations gather for a Group of 20 summit. Exports rose 22.9…

The Bank of England is likely to signal further quantitative easing remains possible when it publishes its quarterly forecasts today. Markets are still betting the central bank may eventually expand its 200 billion pound asset purchase…

Prime Minister David Cameron pledged on Wednesday to fight trade protectionism ahead of the G20, while setting out the benefits of multi-party democracy in comments likely to rile his hosts China Cameron, leading Britain's biggest-ever…

An all-day G20 planning session grew so intense that officials had to leave the door open to keep the room from overheating, underscoring deep tensions over global economic rebalancing one day before the start of a summit. Deputies…

A strong U.S. economy is in both Asia's and the world's interest, Chancellor George Osborne said on Wednesday in a speech in Hong Kong, seemingly reaffirming the need for U.S. quantitative easing Osborne declined to take a clear position…

Russia will ship at least 10 billion cubic metres (350 billion cubic feet) of natural gas a year to South Korea from 2017 under a preliminary deal to be signed Wednesday, Moscow's energy giant Gazprom said. Commercial talks will start next…

Information may want to be free, as the old Internet adage goes--but how far does such freedom extend when it comes to criticizing your boss on social media platforms? That's the question that the  National Labor Relations Board is putting…

Experts are gathering in Washington, D.C. to plot the future of a worldwide initiative to reduce "hidden hunger" or micronutrient malnutrition, which causes widespread illness and death in the developing world, from today November 9 to…

Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale will receive a donation of $100,000 from FIFA after being seriously injured during an armed attack on his team's bus before the start of the African Nations Cup in January. FIFA said in a statement on its…

World stock markets were mostly lower Tuesday as euphoria over the Federal Reserve's massive stimulus faded, halting a rally that drove some Asian benchmarks to record highs. Oil prices also fell following a string of gains, but gold…