The UK housing market paused for breath after the Brexit vote, but could take off again over the next 12 months, a poll of surveyors suggests.

Some of the shine has come off the silver screen in China as a 15% fall in cinema attendance in July added to an ongoing box office downturn.

China's media keep all eyes on Olympic achievements, deflecting attention from growing controversy surrounding its huge Disney projects.

Muslim women are the most economically disadvantaged group in British society, according to a report by MPs.

S Korea's Samsung Electronics denies withholding crucial information from workers about which chemicals they have been exposed to at its factories.

Discount chain Poundland agrees to an improved takeover offer from South African retail group Steinhoff International.

Former business minister Anna Soubry says Openreach, which runs much of the UK's broadband infrastructure, should be split off from BT.

A weaker economic outlook means demand for oil in 2017 is likely to grow at a slower rate than this year, according to the International Energy Agency.