BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Friday he saw progress toward reaching a peace deal with Greek Cypriots at talks last month, even if details of any achievements remain vague. But he said the negotiations could come to a standstill if he loses a presidential election on the Turkish side of divided Cyprus in April to a ...

China launched an unfair trade case against the European Union on Thursday, accusing the 27-nation bloc of imposing illegal duties on Chinese shoes, the World Trade Organization said. The dispute concerns an EU decision in December to extend trade charges on Chinese and Vietnamese leather ...

European regulators announced a probe on Monday into Anglo-Australian mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, adding to pressure on the pair from the world's biggest importer China. "The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation ... under European Union rules on restrictive business practices," said a statement from Brussels on plans to jointly extract western Australian iron ore ...

European regulators announced a new probe on Monday into controversial Anglo-Australian iron ore giants Rio Tinto, already facing bribery allegations in China, and its peer BHP Billiton. Iron ore mining -- essential for steel production and therefore the world's automotive and construction industries -- has become soiled in recent times by multi-billion-dollar battles for control stretching from China to Brazil ...