Firstborn women are more likely to be overweight or obese than their sisters, a New Zealand-led study with Swedish scientists revealed Friday.
Volatility returned to the Chinese stock market on Wednesday as the key Shanghai index fluctuated more than 6 percent, underlining persistent worries about economic pressures despite continued government measures.
Chinese women are among the most beautiful women in the world and their beauty is partly due to genetics, said the famous Belgian dermatologist Francoise Guiot during a recent interview with Xinhua.
At least 17 people were killed and more than 400 others were injured after two massive blasts rocked north China's port city of Tianjin late Wednesday night.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday warned that the situation is deteriorating and the death toll is rising in Syria and "the price of this conflict is too high."
While social media was designed to bring people together, it can sometimes drive them apart. Social media could be a leading cause behind why more Chinese people are switching their status from married to single, according to experts.
Chinese law experts praised the Ministry of Public Security's recent move to place nine lawyers under "coercive measures" for alleged crimes as a sign of its determination to advance the rule of law.
"I don't think we should pay too much attention to the fluctuation of the Chinese stock markets. It 's not the most important part of the Chinese economy. What's more important is the fundamentals of the Chinese economic growth," renowned Australian economist and former Australian ambassador to China Ross Garnaut has said.
Chinese scientists have identified what they say is the most complex HIV ever discovered, in the blood of a long-distance truck driver from Myanmar.
Greece needs more significant reforms aiming for job creation and economic growth, no matter what might be the outcome of the country's Sunday referendum on whether to accept more austerity in exchange for international aid.
Before 2013, more than half of the population of Shanping Village in Guizhou were migrant workers but, thanks to a boom in rural tourism, villagers are returning in droves.
No new case of infection with Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) was reported in South Korea for three days in a row, with one more death being added, the health ministry said Tuesday.
As Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sets about fulfilling his legacy of normalizing Japan's military and reversing decades of time-honored pacifism, revelations of institutionalized bullying and harassment within the ranks of the Self-Defense Force (SDF), as well as a resistance to Abe's plans for a more proactive military, are raising questions of the SDF's preparedness for such a shift.
South Korea on Thursday reported one more case of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome ( MERS) and two deaths, bringing the total contagion cases to 180 and the death toll to 29, the health ministry said.
Infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) in South Korea increased to 179 Wednesday as four more cases were added, the health ministry said.
South Korean reported three more cases of infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and two deaths on Monday, bringing the total contagion cases to 172 and the death toll to 27.
South Korea on Friday reported one more death from infection with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) and one more contagion, bringing the death toll to 24 and the total contagion cases to 166.
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