A study released last week by real estate consultancy CBRE found that two of the world's most expensive office locations are in Beijing, with commercial space in the city's Chaoyang district, where Pacific Century Place is located, coming in third globally with an average rent of $197.05 per square foot per year in some parts of the district.
Why was it so hard to catch a fish in river that ranks second globally in number of fish species and has no real peers for the tonnage of its fish harvest?
uberBoda, as its branded, is Uber's first motorcycle service offering in Africa, and second globally after Asia.
The country, as the first in Asia and the second globally to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, has continued to demonstrate visible and forward-looking leadership in working to ensure every child is healthy, safe, educated and empowered to reach their full potential.
The first country in Asia and the second globally to ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, Viet Nam and its children today face new and emerging challenges following a sustained and dynamic period of economic and development growth.
None of those lingering in Greece wanted to move to the EU's wealthiest country in per capita terms, second globally only to Qatar.
It says it wants to build many enrichment plants to fuel up to 20 nuclear power plants, a plan many economists question because Iran ranks second globally in oil and natural gas reserves.
By 2007, the Lexus LS ranked second globally in flagship sales, next to the Mercedes-Benz S-Class' 85,500 units, with 71,760 Lexus LS sedans sold worldwide, and over half the total coming from outside the U.S. market.
Gastric cancer has one of the highest mortality rates worldwide and ranks second globally in cancer-related disease mortality (Parkin et al, 2005).
Rutherford Chang's high score on Tetris so far is 614,094, which puts him in second place globally and four places ahead of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak.
