World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said on Tuesday that the proposed Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) and the BRICS Development Bank are new forces for battling poverty and bringing shared prosperity globally.
The New Zealand stock exchange, NZX, has been granted leave to set up a new growth market with an alternative disclosure regime to help small and medium-sized businesses to list and raise capital, Commerce Minister Craig Foss announced Monday.
Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbon y Grecia was proclaimed King of Spain on Thursday at the Spanish parliament in a solemn ceremony.
Revamped rules on recruitment of Communist Party of China (CPC) members will apply more stringent standards to management of Party members, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee vowed on Wednesday.
Greece's conservative-led two partite coalition government leaders proceeded with a sweeping cabinet reshuffle on Monday aimed to breathe new life into the two-year alliance and efforts to exit an acute four-year debt crisis which brought the country at the brink of default.
Egypt's new President Abdel-Fattah al- Sisi on Monday assigned Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab who had tendered his government resignation to form new cabinet, state-run Nile TV reported.
A senior Afghan official on Monday called on the country's new administration led by the new president to be chosen in the June 14 run-off election to seize the country's advantages to boost socioeconomic development.
The King of Spain, Juan Carlos de Borbon, announced his abdication on Monday and if everything goes according to the Spanish Constitution, his son Felipe will be proclaimed king within the next six weeks.
China's property sector showed new signs of cooling in April, with more Chinese cities reporting month-on-month drops in prices and fewer cities reporting gains, official data showed on Sunday.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday issued an alert to warn investors about the potential risks of investments involving bitcoin and other forms of virtual currency.
Chinese environmental experts have hailed the recently revised Environmental Protection Law, which features harsher punishments for polluters.
China's automotive industry will keep the forward momentum this year propped by strong demand and a new energy vehicle boom despite increasing downward pressure on the country's economic growth, analysts said.
Thailand is likely to have a new election in July, said Election Commissioner Somchai Srisuthiyakorn on Wednesday.
The number of newly-registered market entities grew fast in the first quarter, marking improved market sentiment, new data showed on Wednesday.
China's economy is going to steer clear of the familiar path resorting to a stimulus whenever there is a sign of a slowdown.
The winners of the architectural competition to design the House of Fairytales, a new home for H.C. Andersen's stories, were announced Wednesday.
French President Francois Hollande on Monday named Interior Minister Manuel Valls to head his new "fighting" executive team, replacing Jean-Marc Ayrault after the Socialists suffered a severe setback in local elections.
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