Imperial College London looked at residents of 200 countries from 1914 to 2014
Gamers in Japan, home of Nintendo's Pokemon, are still impatiently awaiting the launch of the smash-hit Pokemon GO game but the government is already preparing for an invasion of little cartoon monsters, issuing a safety warning.
More than 1,900 suspects have been detained in a crackdown by Chinese authorities against crimes involving illegal obtainment of citizens' private information.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday reiterated a call for his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama to hand over the leader of an opposition movement accused of being behind the coup attempt in Turkey.
The situation in Turkey has been tense in the past 10 hours as groups inside the army attempted to topple the government.
Nanhai Zhudao (the South China Sea Islands) are China's inherent territory, said a white paper issued Wednesday.
Sweden's IKEA Group on Tuesday started to recall over 1.66 million sets of drawers, including the popular Malm line, sold across China's mainland, according to China's top quality watchdog.
The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Thursday urged the United States to withdraw newly announced sanctions over its human rights record, saying it was an "open declaration of war against the DPRK."
Confidence among British businesses fell sharply following the vote to leave the European Union, a survey showed on Tuesday, reinforcing the view that the economy could be in for hard times after the historic decision.
Shares of China Vanke, the country's largest home builder, plunged in Shenzhen as their trading resumed on Monday following more than six months of suspension. The stock price tumbled by the daily limit of 10 percent to 21.99 yuan (3.3 U.S. dollars) at the opening of the market.
A prolonged tussle over control of China's largest home builder has triggered a plunge in the company's stock price and calls for better market regulation.
Russia is ready to start restoring its relationship with Turkey and normalize bilateral ties, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
A man has been arrested in Brazil after trying to put out the Olympic flame by throwing a bucket of water over it.
The company is expected to offer refunds in what’s being reported as an unprecedented recall of more than 25 million dressers.
A former top Sri Lankan politician was arrested on Monday over allegations he extorted money from a businessman.
The Japanese government stayed alert on possible economic turbulence following Britain's decision to leave the European Union and held a meeting Monday morning discussing measures to cope with after-effects of it.
Foreign officials and experts have echoed China's stance that it has indisputable sovereignty over its South China Sea islands and their adjacent waters.
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