China's market meltdown is a home-grown calamity

One analyst believes Beijing's attempts to prop up stocks instead reveal market weakness and only compound earlier errors

• Jul 29, 2015

U.S. stocks rebound on strong earnings

Healthy quarterly profit reports from UPS, Ford and other big companies snapped Wall Street's five-day losing streak

• Jul 28, 2015

5 reasons not to sweat China's stock swoon

The nosedive in Chinese equities may look scary from afar, but it's unlikely to have much of an impact on Americans

• Jul 28, 2015

Oldest ever giant panda celebrates 37th birthday with bamboo, cake

Jia Jia, who suffers high blood pressure and arthritic pain, is about 110 years old in human years

• Jul 28, 2015

Gruesome find: 100 bodies stuffed into ancient house

Anthropologists believe a "prehistoric disaster" is behind the discovery of dozens of skeletons stacked in a small home

• Jul 28, 2015

​What stock market tumble means for China, rest of world

At its peak in early June, the Shanghai Composite Index had risen about 150 percent from late 2014

• Jul 28, 2015

China stocks fall for second day, Europe rises

Wall Street futures pointed to gains: Dow and S&P 500 futures were up 0.4 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively

• Jul 28, 2015

U.S. stocks drop after China slide on growth concerns

Wall Street begins the week in the red, with blue chips off triple digits, after Shanghai index declines more than 8 percent

• Jul 27, 2015

​Game on: China lifts ban on video game consoles

The announcement eases a sales ban imposed in 2000 over concerns that Chinese children would waste time playing video games

• Jul 27, 2015

Delta buying stake in Chinese carrier

Atlanta-based airline seeks to expand into China's fast-growing travel industry

• Jul 27, 2015

Chinese woman dies on escalator, but saves son

Horrific accident in the central city of Jingzhou was caught on surveillance camera footage that circulated heavily on the Internet in China

• Jul 27, 2015

U.S. stocks swoon for fourth day as commodities hit

Worst week since January for blue chips as crude-oil prices enter bear market and corporate earnings disappoint

• Jul 24, 2015

Asia stocks down on China data, Europe gains

Futures pointed to gains on Wall Street after three days of losses: Dow futures were up 0.1 percent; S&P 500 futures gained 0.2 percent

• Jul 24, 2015

RoboCup 2015

Humanoid and non-humanoid robots compete in soccer "World Cup" in China

• Jul 23, 2015
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Obama nixing 8 decades of tradition to spite China?

White House entourage abandoning Waldorf-Astoria in NYC following Chinese purchase, but some say it's a bad move

• Jul 23, 2015

Cops stop "foreigners in short pants" parading through Beijing

Chinese salad store's stunt drew crowds in capital, and wrong kind of attention from authorities

• Jul 23, 2015

China returns passport to famed dissident artist

Internationally renowned artist Ai Weiwei's outspoken nature saw him trapped in his own country for years, now he's off to see his son

• Jul 23, 2015

Japan offers new evidence in islands row with China

Tokyo releases photos showing Chinese gas fields in an area Japanese say should be shared

• Jul 22, 2015

People judge pills' effectiveness by appearance alone

Study finds people expect different pills to work or taste a certain way based on how they look

• Jul 21, 2015

World stocks uneven as investors mull corporate earnings

U.S. stocks were poised for a slow open: Both Dow and S&P futures were flat

• Jul 21, 2015

China fine art scandal leaves forgery upon forgery

Chief university librarian busted for swapping masterpieces with his own fakes, and even some of those didn't last long

• Jul 21, 2015

3 trends that are burying gold prices

Now at a five-year low, the yellow metal faces some strong forces that are keeping it from rallying

• Jul 21, 2015

Rare Earth Elements

From smartphones to cars and defense missiles, modern U.S. life depends on rare earth elements but China dominates the industry

• Jul 19, 2015

Rare earth elements: Not so rare after all

Look around you -- rare earth elements are everywhere. Lesley Stahl gets a demo

• Jul 19, 2015

Newfound dinosaur looked like a bloodthirsty peacock

Discovered in China, this species of dinosaur is the largest found with wings, but scientists don't believe it could fly

• Jul 16, 2015

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