San Francisco's Department of Environment plans to ban city agencies from buying Macs after Apple pulls out of an environmental scheme.

China, the second biggest consumer of fuel, has cut retail prices by about 5% starting Wednesday, as oil demand falls.

The United States says "significant progress" was made in talks aimed at creating an ambitious trade agreement with eight other Pacific Rim countries.

Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy is due to unveil a new raft of tough austerity measures as miners gather in Madrid for a mass protest against cuts.

The government is setting out its White Paper on social care later, amid calls for greater clarity on how it plans to fund the system in England.

Dairy farmers from across the UK are set to stage a protest at Westminster later, to voice concerns about the future of the industry.

The eurozone could lose 4.5 million more jobs unless the region shifts away from austerity, the International Labour Organisation warns.

Apple says it will start selling the new iPad in China on 20 July, after it settled a dispute involving rights to the "iPad" name in the country.