The new coronavirus will take a chunk out of China's oil demand. Producers must respond with an output cut.

Ryanair and Dalata Hotel Group were among the Irish shares caught up in a global shares sell-off as fears increased that the spread of the coronavirus would dampen world growth and tourism.

The price of oil fell sharply but global stock markets were mixed as investors scrambled to assess the potential fallout to world trade and tourism should the cases of coronavirus increase over the weekend.

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China's exports surged in February while its politically sensitive trade surplus widened amid mounting tension with Washington.

Twenty-two people wore life jackets and formed a human chain at sea for more than 10 hours before being rescued off Malaysia's coast after their boat sank on Sunday.

China’s consumer price rose the most since mid-2014 last month as food costs jumped amid the week-long Lunar New Year holidays, where millions binge on roast pork, duck, seafood, and vegetables.

Hong Kong riot police fired warning shots during clashes that erupted in the Chinese-ruled city when authorities tried to remove illegal street stalls set up for Lunar New Year celebrations, the worst violence since pro-democracy protests in 2014.

Two survivors were pulled out from a toppled high-rise building In Taiwan, two days after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 37 people.

Rescuers in Taiwan pulled more people alive from a collapsed apartment tower yesterday, a day after a strong earthquake shook the island, and kept searching for about 120 people still believed trapped in the ruins of the building.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in China grew at its weakest pace in six months in February, but analysts warn that seasonality may explain the swings even as a weakening economy continues to dent investor confidence.

CHINA: China’s annual Lunar New Year variety show, which mocked unmarried women and suggested female officials provide sexual favours to get promoted, has led to online outrage and some state media to urge more attention to discrimination against women.

A nursing home worker in China accused of killing three elderly residents with a brick and injuring 15 other people had argued with his boss over unpaid wages.

ENGLAND: Prime Minister David Cameron has consoled a worker at a luxury car manufacturer who believed that the VIP guest visiting the plant with the initials DC was going to be Formula One driver David Coulthard.

Chinese authorities have seized about 8,000 rolls of toilet paper printed with the image of Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing chief executive Leung Chun-ying, according to the territory’s Democratic Party.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average has dived more than 4% as weakness in US and Chinese manufacturing sent Asian markets sharply lower.

An explosion at a military-run fireworks factory in northern Vietnam has killed at least 12 workers and injured more than 90 others.

At least nine people have died when fireworks for Chinese New Year celebrations exploded on a lorry in central China, destroying part of an elevated motorway and sending vehicles plummeting 100ft to the ground.

Fireworks for Chinese New Year celebrations have exploded on a lorry in central China, destroying part of an elevated motorway and sending vehicles plummeting 100ft to the ground.

Extremely high pollution levels shrouded eastern China for the second time in two weeks today, forcing airlines in Beijing and elsewhere to cancel flights because of poor visibility and prompting government warnings for residents to stay indoors.

China’s economy may have expanded about 8.4% in the first quarter, the least since the first half of 2009, according to an estimate given by an official 10 days before the data is due.

A TAIWANESE woman allegedly sold into slavery as a child has returned from the US to the island for a family reunion.

China said about 230m people will be traveling during the Lunar New Year holiday season, which unleashes the world’s biggest annual human migration.

SYDNEY’S Harbour Bridge exploded in a spectacular blaze of New Year fireworks yesterday as people around the globe began welcoming 2011 with a glittering array of parties.

Thirteen people were killed in a fireworks explosion in southern China, and more than 30 were injured.

FROM Sydney to Pyongyang, fireworks, lion dances and prayers for good fortune ushered in the Year of the Tiger yesterday as a cold snap across China failed to dampen celebrations.

SINGLE people in China have come up with an innovative way of pleasing their pushy parents during the annual Lunar New Year holiday — they are renting fake dates.

Unusually early snow storms in north-central China have claimed 40 lives, caused thousands of buildings to collapse and destroyed almost 500,000 acres of winter crops, the Civil Affairs Ministry said.

Police in China’s capital Beijing detained 12 people over a massive hotel fire at a government television complex sparked by an unlicensed fireworks display.

Revellers celebrating a birthday set off fireworks inside a bar in southern China, triggering a blaze that killed 15 people and injured 20.

North Koreans welcomed leader Kim Jong Il at a concert to usher in the Lunar New Year days after he hosted a foreign dignitary despite rumours about his health.

CHINESE people welcomed the arrival of the Year of the Ox with raucous celebrations yesterday despite gloom about the economy, setting off firecrackers in the streets and sending fireworks into the sky.

A small ferry overloaded with passengers sank in central Vietnam today, killing at least 40 people including seven girls and 27 women.

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been infected with the H5N1 virus, the Chinese health ministry said yesterday — the fourth reported bird flu case this month.

Fireworks exploded over Sydney’s shimmering harbour today as the world’s first major city to ring in 2009 celebrated the end of a rocky year with cheers, beers and a sense of relief.

Local authorities in China have been told to tone down the partying over the country's New Year in a crackdown on corruption.

Chinese police captured and killed alleged Islamic terrorists plotting attacks targeting the Beijing Olympic Games, a senior Communist Party official said today.

Snowstorms that have battered many parts of China over the last three weeks have killed at least 60 people and caused 53.3bn Yuan (€5bn) in damage.

People trying to travel home for the Chinese new year after the worst winter storms in half a century crippled the country’s transport system were given hope today.

China put nearly half a million soldiers to work clearing roads today as the country struggled to cope with winter storms that have brought it to a virtual standstill.