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HONG KONG – Hong Kong regulators are investigating a leading Chinese solar panel maker owned by billionaire Li Hejun after its shares took a sudden and unexplained plunge. The Securities and Futures Commission’s announcement Thursday came a day after Li was quoted in Chinese state media saying there was no …

SINGAPORE – China vigorously defended its South China Sea land reclamation projects in the face of persistent criticism from U.S. leaders at an international security summit Saturday as the standoff in the Asia-Pacific region shows few signs of abating. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and other officials sharply condemned the …

KINSHASA, Congo – Officials say at least six people are dead following an attack on the largest airport in eastern Congo. Government spokesman Lambert Mende says that heavily armed gunmen broke into the Goma airport early Tuesday. Mende said two Congolese soldiers were killed during the attack, and four assailants …