More than eight million people tuned in to see the return of Sherlock on BBC One on Sunday, overnight ratings show.
China Railway Corporation (CRC) announced it would dispatch 187 additional trains to accommodate the travel rush during the last day of the three-day New Year holiday Monday.
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Thursday highlighted health workforce as "a driver of growth" in achieving sustainable development goals, noting that 40 million new health worker jobs will be in demand by 2030.
Relatively small, but slowly and perfectly formed over billions of years, the Argyle Violet diamond is so rare in color that it has its own unique diamond classification: "Fancy Deep Grayish Blueish Violet."
"The Sound of Your Heart," a popular web series based on a cartoon, has hit 100 million views in China, the show's Chinese platform showed Friday.
The rebels of "Rogue One" helped expand Disney's "Star Wars" empire with a big worldwide opening at the box office this weekend.
UN Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict, Leila Zerrougui, said on Sunday in Algeria that more than 220 million children are living in 20 conflict zones around the world.
China on Saturday said it will suspend coal imports from North Korea until the end of this year to implement fresh UN Security Council sanctions adopted on Nov. 30.
Britain's Prince Harry turned trader on Wednesday, taking calls alongside brokers at British interdealer ICAP for the company's annual charity day.
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The Australian arm of Luxury German car maker BMW has been ordered to pay back more than 55 million U.S dollars to Aussie car buyers after it was deemed they misled customers into thinking they could afford their range of cars.
A Pope and a pop star ruled Instagram this year, but they weren't the only popular figures on the social media platform. Olympic icons, caffeinated hashtags, an Oscar-winning actor and smiley-face emojis also were crowd-pleasers. Here's what else we learned cruising through Instagram's 2016 list of the most popular hashtags, emojis, celebrities and moments:
Airline operator ANA Holdings Inc. and travel agency H.I.S. Co. plan to send tourists into outer space in seven years, the companies said Dec. 1.
The OPEC on Wednesday decided to cut its oil output by 1.2 million barrels per day, setting the ceiling of oil production at 32.5 million barrels per day (bpd).
South Korea is to ban sales of some cars made by Porsche, BMW and Nissan, and fine the companies over $5 million as a probe into emissions documentation widens.
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Workers at Topshop’s online distribution depot have announced plans to strike on Cyber Monday due to a dispute over their hourly wages.
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