The most striking finding is a steady deceleration in the growth of the middle class. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, an ...

Many began travelling on Jan. 14 and the rush will reach a peak over the weekend. In total, 9 billion trips — mostly by car — ...

According to Skift Research’s 2025 Travel Outlook Survey, India leads other destinations in terms of anticipated travel spending in 2025.

Without significant changes, China’s population decline could accelerate, undermining economic growth and social stability ...

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The Dating Game,' a documentary premiering at Sundance, follows a romance coach bootcamping a generation of men in China ...

The modest bump in births in 2024 is a temporary rebound largely driven by unusually favourable social conditions. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming ...

One analyst attributes the baby bump to the auspicious Year of the Dragon but warns the long-term outlook is bleak.

This country has the the largest nominal GDP in Asia and the second-largest globally, behind the USA with $30.33 trillion (£24 trillion).