Following another disappointing year in 2014, the global economy is continuing its fragile and divergent recovery.
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee wrapped up its 10th meeting in Vietnam's capital Hanoi on Monday with the completion of some major tasks, including the nomination of officials to "strategic positions."
Pope Francis arrived in Sri Lanka on Tuesday for a historic two day visit focused on promoting reconciliation in the island troubled by ethnic divisions.
China is aiming to speed up its environmental protection and improvement, especially to solve the smog trouble in and around Beijing, by taking the advantage of Beijing 2022 efforts.
China's finance and taxation authorities on Monday announced that consumption tax on oil products would be raised from Tuesday.
China's blueprint of enhancing underprivileged children's development (2014-2020) has shown the country's determination to join global efforts to translate children's rights into action.
France's national security alert system "Vigipirat" has been set at the highest level against possible terrror attacks since last week's shooting sprees in Paris, said French Prime Minister Manuel Valls on Monday.
Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka- shing announced a sweeping reshuffle of his business empire and the switch of incorporation base from Hong Kong to Cayman Islands last Friday, in a bid to boost their value and attract more investors.
With Prime Minister Tony Abbott set for a short holiday, Australia is to be run out of the small Queensland town of Maryborough over the next week, with National Party leader Warren Truss to take the reins.
Thailand will hold its first expo in Yangon next weekend aimed at providing a platform for Myanmar entrepreneurs to establish business links with Thai manufacturers, sources with the expo said Sunday.
A summit on fight against "violent extremism" will be held in Washington DC, after deadly terrorist attacks happened in Paris, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said here on Sunday.
It is easy to draw a heart in the sand and say "I love you", but few have the heart of Ding Yizhou, 28, who is drawing a heart across China with the tracks of his girlfriend's wheelchair.
French President Francois Hollande is scheduled to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Strasbourg on Jan. 11.
The U.S. Olympic Committee said on Thursday that Boston will represent the country to bid for the 2024 summer Olympic Games.
, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- China plans to publish its first encyclopedic dictionary of the Tibetan language beginning in late 2015, according to the China Ethnic Publishing House Thursday.
Launch of three bullet trains on Jan 12 will bring relief to about 300,000 travelers who spend hours commuting from Beijing to Yanjiao, Hebei province. The start of operations is seen as one more step toward regional integration between Beijing and its surrounding provincial areas.
Voting started in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Thursday, which is tipped to be a close race with the incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa fighting for an unprecedented third term.
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