The French foreign minister has pressed China on trade issues and the war in Ukraine ahead of a planned visit to France by Chinese leader Xi Jinping later this spring...

South Korea’s president has vowed not to back down in the face of vehement protests by doctors seeking to derail his plan to drastically increase medical school admissions...

Asian shares are mixed, with Shanghai gaining 1% after surveys showed improvements in manufacturing conditions in China...

Japanese government health officials are raiding a factory that produces health supplements they say have killed at least five people and hospitalized more than 100 others...

Japanese government health officials are inspecting a factory that produces health supplements that have been linked to at least five deaths and the hospitalization of more than 100 others...

Thailand’s government has ordered officials to closely monitor livestock along the border with Laos after more than 50 people were reported to have contracted anthrax in the neighboring country...

In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, five people have died and more than 100 people are hospitalized...

European shares have opened higher after a mixed trading session in Asia...