US News China's yuan joins world's most traded currencies Comment () Tweet By KELVIN CHAN , Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China's yuan has joined the ranks of the most traded currencies for the first time, underlining the growing might of the ... (photo: AP / Wally Santana) Banking Beijing Business Photos Wikipedia: Renminbi Swissinfo South Korea bans more Japan fishery products from near Fukushima on eve of Olympic decision Reuters September 6 , 2013 - 04:32 By Meeyoung Cho SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea banned all fishery imports from a swath of Japan around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Friday, dealing ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Fishery Japan Photos South Korea Wikipedia: Fish products Top Stories Reuters Indian rupee weakens; calls grow for fuel price hike MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian rupee slid a little closer on Tuesday to a record low struck against the dollar last week, as Indian share markets weakened and investors ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Fuel Indian Photos Rupee Wikipedia: Indian rupee Swissinfo Protracted strike in South Africa gold mines would hurt economy - minister Reuters September 3 , 2013 - 08:32 PRETORIA (Reuters) - A protracted strike in South Africa's gold industry will harm the economy and the government is ready to ... (photo: AP Photo / Peter Dejong) Africa Economy Gold Photos Wikipedia: Gold mining Swissinfo Japan to spend almost $500 million on water crisis at Fukushima nuclear plant Reuters September 3 , 2013 - 06:11 By Kiyoshi Takenaka and Mari Saito TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan pledged nearly $500 million (321.4 million pounds) to contain leaks ... (photo: AP / Tokyo Electric Power Co) Japan Nuclear Photos Water Wikipedia: Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster Al Jazeera Syria asks UN to stop 'any aggression' Syria has asked the UN to prevent "any aggression" against Syria following a call over the weekend by US President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the ... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) Chemical Weapons Photos Syrian War UN Inspectors Wikipedia: Syria and weapons of mass destruction Swissinfo Taliban target U.S. army base in Afghanistan, attack ongoing Reuters September 2 , 2013 - 06:33 KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban fighters attacked part of a U.S. military outpost in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on ... (photo: US DoD / DOD) Afghanistan Military Photos Taliban Swissinfo Senegal's Sall appoints Aminata Toure as Prime Minister Reuters September 1 , 2013 - 18:22 DAKAR (Reuters) - President Macky Sall of Senegal appointed Justice Minister Aminata Toure as prime minister after sacking the ... (photo: UN / Bruno Demeocq) Aminata Toure Macky Sall Photos Senegal Government Wikipedia ; Aminata Toure Business Insider Google And Microsoft: 'Today Our Two Companies Stand Together' Against U.S. Ban On Email Surveillance Disclosures Microsoft's Brad Smith See Also Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith published an unusual blog post today in which he describes how his company and Google , usually ... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Companies Google Microsoft Photos Wikipedia: Microsoft