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While most cases of self-immolation occur in Tibet, the 100th recorded self-immolation protest by an exiled monk occurred in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Samsung Electronics was the top mobile phone seller in 2012, snatching the crown from Nokia. Global sales fell 1.7 percent.

China’s state-owned oil giant CNOOC was cleared by U.S. regulators to to make its largest-ever foreign acquisition.

Reports are claiming that China's disproportionate gender ratio is a contributing factor in its growing population of poorer, single men.

The U.N. Security Council condemned North Korea’s third nuclear test in a statement that was approved on Tuesday by all 15 member nations, including China, Pyongyang’s long-standing ally.

The full text and transcript of Sen. Marco Rubio's rebuttal to President Obama's State of the Union Address.

Emphasizing the return of business to America in his address, Obama mentioned that Apple will once again build Mac computers in America.

Read the full text transcript of President Barack Obama's 2013 State of the Union address here.

Anonymous will supposedly hack President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address.

Beggar-thy-neighbor currency devaluations helped crash the global economy in the 1930s. Are we about to repeat?

Half of the residents of China's capital have left for vacation during the nation's biggest travel season. This is what Beijing looks like.

China is believed to be hacking into U.S. companies' computer networks. Will Congress pass new laws to increase cybersecurity?

Apple CEO Tim Cook said management was receptive to new ways to tap its huge cash pile, won’t make unwise acquisitions and said market share prospects for 2013 were solid.

North Korea's only significant ally, China, has protested the North's most recent nuclear development testing and called for continued dialogue.

Internet security startup Nok Nok Labs, whose directors include former White House security adviser Richard Clarke, said it had raised $15 million in venture capital.

Russia is the third-largest emitter of coal mine methane in the world after the United States and China.

The U.S. stock index futures point to moderately lower open Tuesday, as the market sentiment appeared cautious ahead of the president's State of the Union address in which he's expected to share his economic vision.

As news of North Korea’s nuclear test drew worldwide reactions, the U.N. Security Council scheduled an emergency meeting Tuesday.

Li Bingbing (Chinese name 李冰冰) shot to fame in America on Monday when a 2012 photo emerged of her wearing the same sea foam green Gucci dress that Katy Perry wore to the 2013 Grammy Awards. Here's a primer on the trendsetting Chinese actress.

"Cloud Atlas" flopped in the U.S. but has managed to find a fan base in China despite charges of racist undertones in the casting.

A taste of a few uncommon dishes that the world has to offer those who are daring enough to try.