BBC World Service

A research team working at the University of Barcelona has found that when adults are represented by child avatars in a virtual world, they act more like children.

India has a strict rules for big international retailers: 30 percent of the merchandise sold at big box stores has to be purchased in India.

As we await the name of the new British royal baby, let's take a look at the economics of the birth.

The protests in Egypt and Turkey and Brazil have a lot more in common than you'd think, according to the BBC's Paul Mason.

The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will now control both houses of parliament. What does the new majority mean for Abe's economic plans?

A tiny Chinese territory has swiftly displaced Las Vegas as the gambling capital of the world.

Indian officials have announced plans to place 50,000 troops on the northern border with China. The move could cost $11 billion over seven years.

The Greek parliament votes today on whether to send as many as 25,000 government workers into a so-called 'labor reserve.'

On Sunday, India's last official telegram will be sent from state owned telecom company BSNL, cutting the cord of an old technology that was the fastest way to communicate before landlines, mobile phones and email.

The gyroscope-balanced C-1 two-wheeler, made by San Francisco startup Lit Motors, is purposefully small and designed to change the rules of the road in cites.