EU competition regulators have resumed their investigation of U.S. oil industry services group Halliburton Co's plan to acquire smaller rival Baker Hughes - a deal which U.S. authorities say is uncompetitive.
Beijing are now studying ways on how to increase the participatory role of Hong Kong in interpreting the Basic Law. Over the past years, Hong Kong's legal domain has been overshadowed by the mainlands totalitarian control.
A judge on Wednesday ruled against a gay couple in China's first same-sex marriage case that was seen as a landmark moment for the country's emerging LGBT rights movement.
Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke expressed his support to legalize euthanasia in his country.
