As leaders of the seven major advanced economies gather here Thursday for the G7 summit, ambitions are running high for "guiding the world."
With the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) leaders' summit to discuss a number of global issues, the rest of the G7 nations other than the United States and Japan, should be wary as the summit has been geared up to specifically manipulate the intentions of the host Japan and its supporter the U.S., rather than representing the common interests of the seven industrialized countries or the world.
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Vietnam for a three-day official visit commencing on May 23 at the invitation of President Tran Dai Quang. This is the first visit to Vietnam by President B. Obama, contributing to further consolidating and developing the Vietnam-US comprehensive partnership.
The use of antibiotics in Chinese hospitals has dropped by 40 percent since the top health authority began to curb their overuse, said a senior expert.
World leaders have joined calls by UN chief Ban Ki-moon for improving the global humanitarian situation through conflict prevention and resolution in the ongoing world humanitarian summit held here on May 23-24.
China will host the G20 summit for the first time in September 2016, labelled as a symbol of its economic leadership, according to an Australian expert.
A 42-year-old woman born in Nepal climbed Mount Everest for the seventh time on Friday, breaking her own record for the most summits of the world's highest mountain by any woman, a hiking official said.
Thank you, President Cowan, for your very kind words of introduction. Let me also thank the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings for inviting me to the U.S.-China Leadership Forum and giving me the opportunity to benefit from and contribute to the discussions of this distinguished group.
The countdown has begun for the world's largest light, music and ideas festival, Vivid Sydney.
Statoil granted seabed lease to develop floating windfarm 15 miles off the coast of Peterhead that is expected to be operational by the end of 2017
Located on Anatolia's flourishing southwest coast bordered by the Taurus Mountains, Antalya is the largest Turkish city on the Mediterranean coast with over one million people in its metropolitan area.
The latest data released by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) shows that China'srevenue from international tourism in 2015 amounted to $11.4 billion, taking Spain's formerranking as second in the world. The US remains first with $17.8 billion.
Outdoor pollution has risen 8% in five years with fast-growing cities in the developing world worst affected, WHO data shows
City ranks first for popularity of computers, mobile and wearable tech, connected cars and smart home gadgets, outranking North America and UAE; Japan and Korea well off the pace
Thousands of people from across the world gathered at the birthplace of William Shakespeare on Saturday to pay homage to the British playwright on the 400th anniversary of his death.
Living in an ivory tower, but we are also part of the crowd. Young and energetic, we are eager for the sky and at the same time down to earth.
Coral bleaching on the world heritage listed Great Barrier Reef is worse than feared after senior scientists have discovered that the impact is further south than first thought.
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