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Sustained weakness in the yuan raises the risk of tensions with China’s trading partners.

Under the broad brushstrokes of the Internet Plus strategy – unveiled by Premier Li Keqiang during the National People’s Congress in March – the Beijing government has vocally backed China’s e-commerce industry as well as the adoption of robotics and...

“It is with a very heavy heart that I must tell you that an global team of experts has conclusively confirmed that the aircraft debris found on Reunion Island is indeed from MH370″, Najib said. Last week, a piece of debris was found that was believed to be from a...

The hunt for potential parts linked to missing flight MH370, comes as Malaysian authorities confirmed that a wing section found on the French Indian Ocean island was part of the Boeing 777 that mysteriously vanished 17 months ago.

He said the search covers a 120 by 40 kilometre area over the south-eastern Indian Ocean.

France is adding airplanes, helicopters and ships, including French Marine units, to its search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the government in Paris reported Friday.

It was found on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion and returned to the French mainland.

Mr Liow, who later specified he was referring to aircraft seat cushions and windows, said it remained to be seen whether the latest items found on the island were from the MH370.

Local authorities on the French island also said they would begin a thorough search starting Monday.

Most of MH370’s 239 passengers and crew were Chinese.

“Malaysia Airlines would like to sincerely convey our deepest sorrow to the families and friends of the passengers onboard Flight MH370 on the news that the flaperon found on Reunion Island on 29 July was indeed from Flight MH370″.

The Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 vanished without a trace en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing last March with 239 people aboard.

In Beijing, about 30 Chinese relatives of Flight 370 passengers marched to the Malaysian Embassy hoping to talk to an official about why Malaysia confirmed the part came from the plane when French investigators had not.

France is adding airplanes, helicopters and ships, including French Marine units, to its search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the government in Paris reported Friday. They have struggled with a desire for closure while holding onto slim hopes that those on...

Several demanded that Kuala Lumpur organise travel to the French island of Réunion, where a wing part, which Malaysia’s prime minister, Najib Razak, said came from the plane, was washed ashore.