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In urban China, poor people (and there are many of them) still have tough, despite the country’s stellar headline economic growth.

China will breed its own high-yield seeds and set up large seed companies to help ensure the country's food security in coming decades.

NASA has postponed the launch of Glory spacecraft by at least 24 hours, citing technical issues. The next launch attempt has been rescheduled for 5:09 a.m. EST, Thursday, NASA said.

'Climategate' - the unauthorized release in late 2009 of stolen e-mails - undermined many weathercasters’ confidence in the conclusions of climate science, at least temporarily, says a new study.

NASA's Glenn Research Center has introduced a method wherein researchers use atomic oxygen to restore masterpieces that appear to be irrevocably destroyed.

Here are the five counties in the U.S. with the largest number of Asian residents.

A Chinese man has died playing computer games for three-straight days without sleeping and hardly eating anything, according to China media reports.

Panda fever showed few signs of dying down in Japan on Tuesday after the arrival in Tokyo of the country's latest pair of giant pandas from China.

China's environmental protection agency has vowed to curb heavy metal pollution in a bid to cut widespread industrial contaminants like lead that have poisoned children and sparked protests.

NASA has begun counting down to the launch of space shuttle Discovery's final mission to the International Space Station. The 39th flight of NASA's most flown shuttle is scheduled to last 11 days, beginning at 4:50 pm EST on Feb. 24 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

US retail brand Macy's has unveiled the first line in its designer collaboration series launched with Kinder Aggugini.

NASA has begun counting down to the launch of Discovery. The shuttle's final mission to the International Space Station is slated for Feb. 24 at 4:50 pm from a seaside pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

A powerful solar flare has triggered the largest space weather storm in four years, could be equivalent to a global hurricane Katrina that would cost up to $2 trillion dollars in damage to communications satellites, electric power grids and GPS navigation systems, scientists said yesterday

Swiss luxury brand, De Grisogono has added yet another feather to its cap with the unveiling of the latest high-end joillaire creations and timepieces at the Gstaad Palace Hotel in Switzerland.

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, and Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series are the most popular works of fiction in recent years. However, their popularity and sales still pale compared to the bestselling novels of all time.

Prosthetic fangs, gold grills, tooth tattoos - these might sound crazy to you, but wait until you hear some other requests. The answers might shock you!

A new NASA satellite -- Glory -- will collect data on the properties and distribution of aerosols in Earth's atmosphere and on solar irradiance for the long-term record of Earth's climate. The launch of NASA's Glory spacecraft aboard an Orbital Sciences Taurus XL rocket is scheduled for February 23.

Abu Dhabi-based luxury aviation services Royal Jet is in intensified efforts to enter the fast growing private aviation sector in India at the Indian Business Aviation Expo (IBAE).

In a recent international advertising campaign, superstar Scarlett Johansson celebrated the rich heritage of luxury brand Moët & Chandon.

Rich people love their art, especially the rare and historic ones, like an original van Gogh, for example.

Advancements in technology have allowed many things to become smaller. One of them is flying robots.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is helping partners in China improve child vaccines, roll out faster TB detection kits and make higher-yielding rice which it hopes can be used later in other parts of the world.

Miguel Cabrera, a baseball player for the Detroit Tigers, may not report on time today for the start of spring training, following his arrest late Wednesday on suspicion of drunken driving in Florida.

Marat Mihaylich, a native of Ukraine, has topped the list of criminals wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Over 17 leading galleries and museums across the world have come together to be part of Internet giant Google Inc.'s latest online venture called Art Project.

China's ongoing drought in northern wheat areas is likely to continue, threatening the winter crop, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday.

China aims to expand its medical coverage to include 90 percent of its urban population by the end of 2011, China's State Council, the cabinet, said on Thursday, in an effort to strengthen the country's weak social safety net.

For the sixth consecutive year, the number of divorces in England and Wales have fallen and have reached their lowest level since 1974.

The most energetic solar flare in five years is expected to unleash a powerful magnetic storm that will come down to Earth on Friday, said a media report.