China's military to conduct live fire exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday 29-Dec 07:56

China's military will conduct live fire exercises around Taiwan on Tuesday, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, with a graphic demarcatating five zones surrounding the island that will be under sea and air space restrictions.

Inside Beijing's bid to tame the global iron ore market 29-Dec 06:11

China's state iron ore buyer is using increasingly hardball tactics against mining giants such as BHP to tighten its grip on the $132 billion seaborne market and extract better terms for steel mills, just as a giant new source of supply is set to strengthen its hand.

Putin and Trump do not support European-Ukrainian temporary ceasefire idea, the Kremlin says 29-Dec 02:26

The Kremlin said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump do not support a European-Ukrainian push for a temporary ceasefire ahead of a settlement, and that Moscow thinks Kyiv needs to make a decision on Donbas.