BEIJING: Foreign direct investment in China rose for a third straight month in October, the government said Monday, suggesting the country's economic recovery is drawing in more foreign money after a slowdown amid the global crisis.

The US president's remarks at Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Japan

When the US leader visits Asia, he does so as head of state of a battered superpower. No better symptom of US frailty can be found than the dollar – in which Asians have invested so much of their people's hard-earned wealth. But he can only grin and ask his hosts to bear it

The border post at Torkham funnels a supply line that sustains both Nato forces and – to the frustration of US commanders – their Taliban enemy, as insurgents turn an exposed logistics chain into a lucrative source of funds

Singapore qualifies for removal from the anti-tax avoidance "grey list" maintained by the OECD after it signed an information-sharing agreement with France