Asian stock markets headed lower today as investors turned cautious before US earnings season kicks off this week.

Asian stock markets climbed early today after elections in Greece eased fears of global financial turmoil.

World stocks rose today, assisted by an absence of bad financial news and signs that the US economy may be strengthening.

A disgruntled worker drove over people at a Mazda factory today, killing one and injuring 10, stunning Japan just two years after a car worker went on a deadly rampage in central Tokyo.

Ford Motor has announced that the executive in charge of the Mazda brand is to help run its money-losing European operations.