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The U.S. State Department addresses the issue of citizenship at birth by saying “a child born overseas to one U.S. citizen parent and one alien parent acquires U.S. citizenship at birth under Section 301(g) of the Immigaration and Nationality Act”.

“Petroleum markets drew some initial support on the rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shiite cleric Saturday on a terrorism charge, triggering protests, and then a severing of diplomatic ties”, said Tim Evans of Citi...

(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein). Chinese investors use a computer terminal to check stock prices in a brokerage house in Beijing, Friday, Jan. 8, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry publicly took issue with China’s policy towards its neighbor North Korea on Thursday and defended the U.S. handling of the crisis sparked by Pyongyang’s nuclear test earlier this week.

Chinese stock markets packed enough drama for a few months into a spectacularly condensed half-hour collapse on Thursday. Investors gather near a display board showing the plunge in the Shanghai Composite Index at a brokerage in Beijing, China, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2016.

Trading in China was automatically suspended as a result.

EDF claims that the Aliso Canyon Storage Facility, the largest such natural gas storage unit west of the Mississippi River, is spouting 62 million cubic feet (17.5 million cubic meters) of methane gas into the atmosphere each day.

Trading on its stock markets was suspended for the rest of the day, the second time this week, and China’s securities regulator intervened heavily by issuing rules to restrict share sales by listed companies’ major shareholders.

The UN has agreed to draw up new measures against North Korea.

China guides its official exchange rate with the dollar, but allows a freer float of the currency in Hong Kong markets. This led to trading suspension at Chinese stock market through the newly implemented circuit breaker mechanism within half an hour of opening bells. “The...

Trading in China was halted twice this week – on Thursday, the stock markets shut down after just a half hour of trading.

New guidelines issued by the Department of Health have set lower limits for the consumption of alcohol after research found that any level of drinking raises the risk of disease, including mouth, throat and breast cancers.

Thomson ReutersMalaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak inspects the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) youth during the annual assembly in Kuala LumpurKUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak will table amendments to the 2016 budget...

Mainland China’s benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ended down 7.3 per cent at 3,115.89, after trading for only 13 minutes on Thursday. Analysts said the market was likely being supported by buying from Chinese government entities that have been dubbed the “National...

Oil prices dipped below $33 a barrel on Thursday amid oversupply concerns and the weakening China economy.