Keith Bradsher The New York Times

At every turn, the president's efforts to manage the economy, market and currency have been undercut by global headwinds and haphazard policymaking, and initiatives this week have been particularly discordant.

Three years ago, Beiqi Foton Motor, a truck manufacturer, secured 250 acres of farmland in an Indian village, causing a ripple effect with religious, political and socioeconomic repercussions.

Beijing's effort to revive ancient trade routes is causing geopolitical strains, with countries like Turkey increasingly worried about becoming too dependent on China.

The move will help pave the way for broader use of the renminbi in trade and finance, securing Chinas standing as a global economic power.

Multinationals around the globe have begun to look seriously at manufacturing in India, with its plentiful and inexpensive labor pool.

In Greece, banks and markets are closed until July 6, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras interrupted last-ditch debt negotiations early Saturday with the announcement that he was calling a referendum for July 5 on whether to accept the tough terms offered by international creditors.

Chinese government has draped a darker shroud over Internet communications, a situation that has made it more difficult for Google and its customers to do business.

Fostering innovation has become a mantra among corporate leaders and government officials in Taiwan.

China's largest private employer, pledged to sharply curtail workers' hours and significantly increase wages.

Both companies were accused of stealing intellectual property from American companies and could potentially spy on Americans.

Foxconn is a key supplier of products to Apple and other global electronics companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Microsoft.

A strong aftershock struck off the coast of northeast Japan on Monday as the Japanese government said it was preparing to expand the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear power plant to address concerns over long-term exposure to radiation. (Japan earthquake in pics)The United States Geological Service said the quake, near the crippled Fukushim...

Japan's troubled effort to contain the nuclear contamination crisis at its stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a setback on Sunday when alarmingly high radiation levels were discovered in a flooded area inside the complex, raising new questions about how and when recovery workers could resume their tasks.Tokyo Electric Power Company, the oper...

Japanese officials continued to battle a spreading contamination problem at the Fukushima nuclear complex on Sunday, saying that water pooling inside one of its reactors and the seawater just outside the plant were showing sharply increased levels of radiation. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that water seeping out of the crippled No....

Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...

At every turn, the president's efforts to manage the economy, market and currency have been undercut by global headwinds and haphazard policymaking, and initiatives this week have been particularly discordant.

Three years ago, Beiqi Foton Motor, a truck manufacturer, secured 250 acres of farmland in an Indian village, causing a ripple effect with religious, political and socioeconomic repercussions.

Beijing's effort to revive ancient trade routes is causing geopolitical strains, with countries like Turkey increasingly worried about becoming too dependent on China.

The move will help pave the way for broader use of the renminbi in trade and finance, securing Chinas standing as a global economic power.

Multinationals around the globe have begun to look seriously at manufacturing in India, with its plentiful and inexpensive labor pool.

In Greece, banks and markets are closed until July 6, after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras interrupted last-ditch debt negotiations early Saturday with the announcement that he was calling a referendum for July 5 on whether to accept the tough terms offered by international creditors.

Chinese government has draped a darker shroud over Internet communications, a situation that has made it more difficult for Google and its customers to do business.

Fostering innovation has become a mantra among corporate leaders and government officials in Taiwan.

China's largest private employer, pledged to sharply curtail workers' hours and significantly increase wages.

Both companies were accused of stealing intellectual property from American companies and could potentially spy on Americans.

Foxconn is a key supplier of products to Apple and other global electronics companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Microsoft.

A strong aftershock struck off the coast of northeast Japan on Monday as the Japanese government said it was preparing to expand the evacuation zone around a crippled nuclear power plant to address concerns over long-term exposure to radiation. (Japan earthquake in pics)The United States Geological Service said the quake, near the crippled Fukushim...

Japan's troubled effort to contain the nuclear contamination crisis at its stricken Fukushima Daiichi plant suffered a setback on Sunday when alarmingly high radiation levels were discovered in a flooded area inside the complex, raising new questions about how and when recovery workers could resume their tasks.Tokyo Electric Power Company, the oper...

Japanese officials continued to battle a spreading contamination problem at the Fukushima nuclear complex on Sunday, saying that water pooling inside one of its reactors and the seawater just outside the plant were showing sharply increased levels of radiation. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that water seeping out of the crippled No....

Japanese officials began encouraging people to evacuate a larger swath of territory around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday as new signs emerged that parts of the crippled facility are so damaged and contaminated that it will be hard to bring the plant under control soon. The authorities said that they would now assist people who want ...