Honda Motor Co.

Turkey has signed a political agreement with Egypt to build a backbone cable connecting the two countries' electricity grids across the Mediterranean, making it the latest nation to agree to build

Japan's efforts to safely dismantle the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex is expected to be fraught with technical challenges and take more than a decade to complete, the government's Atom

The heat wave that has roasted Texas like a convection oven this summer set a record Tuesday as the temperature here hit 100 degrees for an unprecedented 70th day.

Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy Ltd. is planning to partner with Chinese utilities to help them invest in wind-power projects abroad, Chairman Tulsi Tanti said Wednesday.

ConocoPhillips said Wednesday that it would establish a fund related to recent spills at its Penglai 19-3 oil field in China's Bohai Bay.

Toyota Motor Corp.

Heavy rains and mudslides from powerful Typhoon Talas killed at least 27 people in Japan as the storm moved northward past the country Sunday. Scores more are missing, local media said.

The United Nations' nuclear agency says it is "increasingly concerned" that Iran has conducted experimental work to develop nuclear weapons, in particular on warheads to deliver nuclear payloads.

Mr. Obama left open the possibility the rule could be tightened in 2013.

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