China

Australian mining magnate Clive Palmer gets permission to build huge park of robotic dinosaurs.

The smartphone market has more than doubled, but budget phone growth outstrips that of Samsung and Apple.

Report speculates CIA funding research project aimed at controlling global climate.

Starbucks is making progress in reforming UK business to regain profitability in the country.

Couple strip off mid-argument in Dongguan city then wander off arm in arm as bewildered wintesses look on.

Anglo-American, BG Group, BSkyB, United Utilities, Renault and Air-France KLM will all release earnings updates.

Carmaker, popular with James Bond and the Royal family, teams up with Daimler's Mercedes-AMG to produce V8 engines.

The US Federal Reserve's FOMC meeting next week could provide clarity on the pace of US monetary stimulus

Gisserot, senior vice-president for Europe at GSK, will replace Mark Reilly as general manager.

Major restructuring of traditional industries threatens jobs but service sector expected to step in.

Fresh embarrassment for Spanish president as message refers to 'the earthquake that took place this morning in Gansu'.

Proposed mega steel plant in India hit by long-delays by protracted land disputes, environmental concerns and litigation.

French tyre manufacturer reports significant decline in first-half profits.

Two-year-old girl hurled to the ground by man in dispute with her mother.

British drug maker woes mount in the face of tackling the bribery scandal in China.

GDP expands 0.6% in second quarter as Chancellor says Britain on the mend.

Wang Hairong strangled woman to sell her body for £2,000 as a corpse bride.

Positive economic data from US and Europe not enough to lift markets.

Modest Q1 sales rise unlikely to be repeated, says GSK, as it commissions independent review into scandal.

Investigation targets India, South Korea,Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Ukraine.

The child was left home alone in central China's Daye, Hubei province and had apparently climbed out of her living room in order to get a "look around."

French flash composite PMI rises to 17-month high of 48.8 in July.

Japan's trade balance shows deficit with export climbing 7.4% owing to weaken yen.

Chinese manufacturing activity dropped to an 11-month low in July.

UKTI reports increase in foreign direct investment across year, boosting job creation.

China's manufacturing declines again to reach 11-month low on back of significant drop in new orders.

Remark might be expected from Silvio Berlusconi - but never from a Chinese president.

Chinese police question American citizen in crackdown on pharmaceutical industry following GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) bribery scandal.

WSJ report says British national is being detained, but not arrested, by Chinese authorities

Duchess of Cambridge's new arrival tipped to increase UK economic growth as US home sales data fuels markets