More than 72 million U.S. adults, or 26.7 percent, are obese, up 1 percentage point in two years, the U.S. government reported on Tuesday.
It's supposed to be a mark of distinction, but going grey is now the top concern for British men, according to new research.
It must seem to some that Christmas comes earlier and earlier each year, and for shoppers in one London store that was certainly true this week.
"Do you want a snack?" smiling Chinese children ask each other at a Disney English Learning Center in Shanghai in slight lilting American accents.
I rubbed my eyes as I watched the morning sun slowly inch its way into my bedroom. It was early too early.
I remember attending a class in Germany in which the teacher asked us to list our friends, partners and relatives in order of their importance.
Haifeng is a small county in the southeast of Guangdong province, and the Haifeng dialect, something between Cantonese and Hokkien, is only spoken in that area.
Pick up a traditional atlas and you'll find ample information on political boundaries and common landforms such as mountains and deserts.
Producers of an Islamic reality TV show which sought the best young Muslim leader are hoping other Muslim countries will adopt the program's format after a successful first series in Malaysia.
Two Germans set out on an unusual summer holiday on Monday, beginning a 500 km (311 miles) swim down a river from central Germany to the North Sea with seven pet ducks.
As two bulls crush their sweat-drenched bodies against each other with blood-shot eyes and foam dripping from their mouths, the referee shouts "draw" and the moment of truth comes for the Japanese "bull separators".
Most Americans think the quality of life for adults under 30 years old, or Generation Y, won't be as good as it is for their baby-boomer parents, according to a new poll.
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