G20 leaders began a second day of talks on resolving bitter trade and currency disputes with the host South Korea saying it expected some sort of agreement to be reached.
US aerospace giant Boeing halted test flights on its new 787 Dreamliner, dealing a fresh setback to a program already running about three years behind schedule.
More than 1,000 tigers have been killed in the past decade to fuel the illegal trade in parts of the endangered big cats, a report by a wildlife monitoring group said.
China will spend $4.5 billion searching for domestic mineral deposits over the next five years in a bid to lessen its reliance on imported products, state media said.
Ministers of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum this week are likely to agree on banning fresh protectionist measures to safeguard the world economy, a report said Monday.
Qantas extended the grounding of its fleet of Airbus A380 superjumbos after uncovering "slight anomalies" in some engines after a mid-air blow-out caused a major scare last week.