In Jordan, the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature arranged 11,440 candles on a hilltop in the capital of Amman, establishing a Guinness World Record for the largest candle mosaic.
In June, China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) ticked up from 50.6 in May to 50.9.
In January, the Bank of China issued the first-ever perpetual bonds by a Chinese bank, which were oversubscribed by investors including domestic insurance companies, securities firms, and some foreign institutions.
In February, reports suggested that Amazon was interested in some of RadioShack’s locations, where it could show off its hardware devices like the Fire Phone and Kindle tablet. The stores could also serve as pickup and drop-off center for online customers.
In Jiangsu province, police used 80 drones for traffic surveillance. About 1,000 patrol cars equipped with video transmission systems received real-time information sent by the drones. The drones had helped clear 52 minor road crashes by 4 pm Sunday, according to the provincial public security department.
In December 2016, a Beijing mother's article describing her 10-year-old son's being bullied at school went viral. The fourth-grade boy had a toilet paper basket thrown on his head and was being mocked by classmates. After that, he was diagnosed with an acute stress disorder.
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In January, Madaro made his fifth visit to Inner Mongolia, 13 years away from the previous one. This time he cooperated with a local entrepreneur named Qi Baoting to start their plan on building an archival museum of Marco Polo, a famous Italian who travelled around China for 17 years and spread the Chinese customs to the West in the 13th century AD.
In Italy, daily life has ground to a halt. More than 1,000 people have died there.
In July 2008, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision and the International Association of Deposit Insurers decided to collaborate to develop an internationally agreed set of core principles for deposit insurance.
In February 2017, Pearson announced that it was exploring strategic options to shift away from large-scale direct delivery services, including a potential partnership for WSE and the sale of Global Education. The former international media company has shifted to education products after the sale of its FT Group to Nikkei Inc for 844 million pounds (.124 billion) in cash in 2015.