China and Europe have settled a dispute over Chinese exports of coke, a key fuel for making steel, with a promise by Beijing to maintain last year's level of sales. But the deal of a European Union

General Motors Corp. the largest auto maker was scheduled to roll out the first phase of its long-term hybrid strategy by delivering 235 hybrid diesel-electric buses to the metro transit system in

Russia took one step closer to World Trade Organization membership, but the net result could be a big step backwards for Russia's economic development. In an apparent quid proquo, President Vladimir

Kudos to the United States' Institute of Medicine, which has brought science back into the emotional debate over vaccines. For several years now, a small but committed group of U.S. parents has

After six years of negotiations, Russia clinched a landmark deal with the European Union on the terms for its entry into the World Trade Organization. The agreement came after the two sides

After the U.S. and Australia signed a free trade agreement in Washington, an Army brass band added a festive note by striking up

One year ago, Cheng Hualong and thousands of other farmers in this windswept township on the Yangtze River signed contracts permitting their homes to be bulldozed and their rice and what fields to be

Coca- Cola (Japan) Co. soon will start selling a new low-calorie version of Coke in Japan ahead of the U.S. launch of the product, as the Japenese arm of Coca Cola Co. aims to put more fizz into its

Two new studies of the popular Atkins low-carbohydrate diet provide further evidence that it is more effective than a low-fat regimen at producing weight loss over a six month period. But over a

Authorities in several U.S. states are opening a new front on the war against tobacco. Their target : the burgeoning market for so-called reduced harm cigarettes and tobacco products. Attorneys