In a study of 53 perfumes and aftershaves, six were found to contain a high amount of dangerous hormone-affecting chemical diethyl phthalate (DEP), an Austrian environmental protection organization said Thursday.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea agreed Friday to hold the family reunion as planned from Feb. 20 to 25, South Korean chief delegate to the inter-Korean high-level talks told a press conference.
Chinese railway police have begun a nationwide inspection on high-speed rails to ensure safety during one of the busiest travel seasons next month.
New Zealand needs policies to address private sector savings and to raise economic flexibility in order to address it overvalued currency, a senior Reserve Bank of New Zealand official said Friday.
Pakistan on Sunday announced that it has formally started high treason proceedings against the former military President Pervez Musharraf and will approach the country's top court to form a judicial commission.
Over the past 35 years of opening and reform, China has developed into the world's second-largest economy, but its resource-heavy development mode has yet to be changed. Restricted by the increasing cost of resources, energy and labor, the country has been under pressure to maintain its rapid economic development.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones, memory chips and flat screen TVs, saw its third-quarter operating profit hit a new record high, the company said Friday.
The Australian Greens have announced a plan to fast track the construction of high speed rail on the eastern seaboard on the second day of the election campaign, according to its latest statement on Tuesday.
U.S. stocks rose for a third straight day on Wednesday, sending both the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the broader S&P 500 to all-time closing and intraday highs.
The S&P 500 rallied so close to its record closing high in the first hour of Monday' s trading, just 0.24 points shy of that level, boosted by a last-minute bailout deal for Cyprus.
A strong market rally lift the Dow Jones Industrial Average Index to a new all-time high on Tuesday, as investors' confidence and risk appetite kept growing amid improving global economy.
U.S. stocks closed mixed Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average setting another all-time intraday high and closing high for a second day, boosted by an improving U.S. hiring market.
U.S. stocks surged on Tuesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a new all-time closing high and intra-day high, as investors became more confident in the stock market.
U.S. stocks pared all early losses to close higher on Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing at a second high ever, as Warren Buffett's positive remarks on stocks outweighed concerns about the so-called sequester and a plunge in Chinese stocks as a result of harsh moves to constrain increasing house prices.
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