China has called US Vice-President JD Vance "ignorant and impolite" after he said America had been borrowing money from "Chinese peasants". Foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told reporters on ...

Across 36 countries surveyed, a fifth or more of all adults have left the religious group in which they were raised. Christianity and Buddhism have experienced especially large losses from this ...

Type 2 diabetes is caused by chronic insulin resistance and progressive decline in beta-cell function. Optimal beta-cell function and mass is essential for glucose homeostasis and beta-cell impairment ...