South Korea is burdened with the highest suicide rate among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Spain said on Tuesday that credit markets were closing to the euro zone's fourth biggest economy as finance chiefs of the Group of Seven major economies were to hold emergency talks on the currency bloc's worsening debt crisis.
Asian markets rose Tuesday amid hopes that policy makers in Europe would take measures to stem the debt crisis and regain the economic growth momentum.
Stock markets in Japan advanced for the first time in five days Tuesday, bouncing up on bargain hunting after recent sharp sell-offs.
India's BSE Sensex rose Tuesday, tracking positive cues from other Asian markets and following recovery staged by the rupee.
Gold edged up Tuesday as oil and equities gained ahead of emergency talks by the Group of Seven leading industrialized powers, which will discuss the deepening problems in the euro zone that threaten to spur a global economic meltdown.
The rare Transit of Venus will come to the United States Tuesday, as the second planet in the solar system will pass in front of the sun as it sets. The event occurs only once every century, so it's best to prepare ahead of time. Here's how.
Several bottles of champagne salvaged from a Baltic Shipwreck, will go up for auction in France this week and could sell for thousands of dollars.
An increasing number of people are trying more ways to sneak money out of countries that are buckling under the weight of the world's almost daily financial crises.
Finance chiefs of the Group of Seven leading industrialized powers will hold emergency talks on the euro zone debt crisis on Tuesday in a sign of heightened global alarm about strains in the 17-nation European currency area.
A unique pair of diet glasses have been invented in Japan to try and help weak-willed dieters, who lack self-control.
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Speaking at a conference in Italy over the weekend, Soros said: The Greek crisis is liable to come to a climax in the fall.
He asserted, there is no need for the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, to visit the country and monitor its weapons programs.
Asian stock markets plunged Monday as weaker-than-expected economic data from the US and China raised concerns over the strength of global economic recovery.
Japan's Topix Index slumped to its lowest level in 28 years as investor confidence was severely hit by disappointing U.S. jobs data, the increasing euro zone debt crisis and the weakening Chinese economy.
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced Saturday that the country will shift most of its warships to the Asia-Pacific region by 2020 as part of a new military strategy.
Asian markets declined this week due to increasing concerns about China's economic slowdown and heightened Spanish banking sector woes.
U.S. car sales soared 47.6 percent for the American Honda unit of Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (NYSE: HMC) in May, as the Japanese automaker consummated its recovery from last year's triple disaster (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns), with strong sales of its flagship Civic and Accord cars.
Mazda Motor Corporation (Tokyo: 7261) struggled in May posting U.S. sales growth of just 5.4 percent on a daily selling rate adjusted basis, however, the company's sales for the year to date remain strong compared to last year, up an adjusted 19.3 percent.
Asian markets fell Friday amid increasing concerns over the slowdown in economic growth in China as the country's manufacturing activity grew at a slower pace in May compared to the previous month.
