More than 77 million smartphones were sold in the second quarter of this year, accounting for 85.3 percent of total mobile phone sales. The increasing popularity of such handsets in China has spurred new concerns about the potential impact of smartphone addiction.
The 45th ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting (AEMM) kicked off on Monday at the International Convention Centre of Brunei.
The U.S. Federal Reserve said Monday that it wanted the largest U.S. banks to pay more attention to their particular vulnerabilities rather than simply applying the regulatory minimums when making their capital plans.
Health authorities in the U.S. state of New Mexico on Monday announced the finding of a strain of salmonella that matches the one detected in a national outbreak.
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced a number of policy adjustments on Sunday evening in areas such as medical insurance and education, outlining a strategic shift in his approach to nation building.
A group of lawyers are calling for legislation to provide homosexual partners in China with similar legal rights to opposite-sex couples.
The UN Security Council on Thursday welcomed the peaceful conclusion of the transitional regime of Bakassi Peninsula, a disputed oil-rich region between Cameroon and Nigeria.
Egypt's security forces started on Thursday evening to disperse a new sit-in supporting ousted President Mohamed Morsi in Cairo, state TV reported.
Lu Jiuping starts working at 4 a.m. every day, but the retired 50-year-old businessman has never made a cent from his current occupation.
A pair of giant pandas from China find themselves back in the political spotlight as Canada and China celebrate their blossoming friendship in a special fundraising gala here on Saturday.
we take you to a restaurant run by hearing and speaking impaired people, in east China.Customers there not only enjoy delicious dishes, but learn sign languages from their silent friends.
Plenty of real-life sports and puzzles have been made into video games. But in this story we look at an online game that has made the transition to the real world.
Many Chinese today are going to salons or classes to learn to control their emotions and improve their self-acceptance,in the hope of maintaining a good relationship with their spouse.
Chinese automakers have seen an extended market share slump in comparison to foreign brands, despite continuous expansion in the world's largest auto market during the first half of the year.
Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on Sunday said the coalition government will stay in power until the end of their term in 2015, rejecting calls for snap elections to resolve a political crisis eroding Lisbon's credibility with lenders and investors.
U.S. investigators on Sunday unveiled their preliminary findings of the deadly plane crash at San Francisco airport that killed two Chinese teenagers and injured more than 180, as emergency settlement is also underway.
China and South Korea on Thursday agreed to push for the completion of a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).
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