A senior U.S. official told China on Friday that its legal imports of ivory act as a loophole for illegal traders, and that it needs to understand the importance of wildlife NGOs.

• July 4, 2015

A senior U.S. official told China on Friday that its legal imports of ivory act as a loophole for illegal traders, and that it needs to understand the importance of wildlife NGOs.

• July 3, 2015

The euro zone's rescue fund, Greece's largest creditor, on Friday declared Athens in default on its euro zone loans after missing a payment to the IMF, and reserved the right to call in 130.9 billion euros in debt ahead of schedule.

• July 3, 2015

Dutch lender ING Group (ING.AS) is set to win the auction to buy HSBC's (HSBA.L) Turkish business, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

• July 2, 2015

Worries about any potential impact on Sunday's Greek bailout referendum led the European Commission to postpone the publication of a technical report on the euro zone on Thursday.

• July 2, 2015

China formally committed to halting the rise in its greenhouse gas emissions within the next 15 years on Tuesday, in a much anticipated strategy to help build a U.N. climate deal in 2015.

• June 30, 2015

Greece will lose access to a 1.8 billion euro loan tranche, as well as 10.9 billion euros for recapitalizing banks, when the country's financial aid package expires at midnight (6.00 p.m. EDT), the euro zone's bailout fund said on Tuesday.

• June 30, 2015

China seeks a fair, global system to tackle climate change and will deliver its pledge to the United Nations by the end of Tuesday on how much it will cut emissions, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said after talks with top European Union officials.

• June 29, 2015