Fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building under renovation in China’s business center of Shanghai on Monday, killing 53 people and sending residents scrambling down scaffolding to escape, city authorities said.

China has said Google’s decision to stop censoring Chinese search results is “totally wrong” and violates its promise to abide by local laws. The US giant is redirecting users in mainland China to its unrestricted Hong Kong site,...

President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has signed a series of energy co-operation deals with China.

Sri Lanka today created the hole from themselves and lose the must-win game making easy for India to go into finals by winning a superb match at Hobart by 7 Wickets. Sri Lanka skid from a solid postion 1 for 72 to a struggling postion of 7 for 93,...