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IS likely to launch more terror attacks to compensate for losses: analyst

​The world could face more terror attacks as it intensifies offensive against the Islamic State (IS) group, said a Syrian political analyst.

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Xi offers Chinese solutions for global growth, Asia-Pacific development at G20, APEC summits

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday wrapped up his trip to Turkey and the Philippines after expounding China's views and proposals on world economy and Asia-Pacific development at two multilateral summits.

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Saffron, Iran's mysterious spice, appeals to inside and outside world

​In November, the northeast plains of Iran deliver buds of violet flowers embracing invaluable red and delicate threads of saffron styles and stigmas cherished by almost all the Iranians and world people.

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China to host 2016 G20 summit amid high expectations

China will host the 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) summit in the eastern city of Hangzhou, best known for its scenic West Lake, on Sept. 4-5, President Xi Jinping announced here Monday.

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G20 Summit Should Focus on "Governance Deficit"

So far, Chinese leaders have attended all the previous G20 summits, through which China supports international financial sectors to increase their fund-raising capability, to intensify their assistance to developing countries affected by the world financial crisis.

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Xi says Chinese economy predicted to grow about 7 pct this year

President Xi Jinping said Sunday that the Chinese economy is predicted to grow about 7 percent this year, which will continue to contribute as high as about one third to the global growth.

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Chinese president proposes innovation, open economy for boosting global growth

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday proposed strengthened coordination on macroeconomic policy, innovation-driven development and an open world economy as prescriptions for boosting global growth.

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Stay alert against over-politicization of global free trade

​For centuries, free trade, both as a theory and as a practice, has been widely accepted as a powerful tool for nations worldwide to grow their wealth.

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China's neighborhood diplomacy charts blueprint for a prosperous Asia

Chinese President Xi Jinping's just-concluded visit to Singapore has created new engines for bilateral cooperation and set a new model for regional cooperation.

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China's 13th Five-Year Plan to unleash more opportunities for global development

​A new five-year national socioeconomic development plan to be released by China, which will charter an explicit blueprint for the country's development over the next five years, will also provide more opportunities for the development of other countries.

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Tough Choices—and Data--Needed to End Extreme Poverty

The dramatic fall in global poverty over the past two decades is the best news in the world today. For the first time ever, the percentage of people living in extreme poverty – now defined as living on less than $1.90 a day – is projected to fall below 10 percent this year, to 9.6 percent of the world’s population.

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Iran participates talks with key players to seek solution for ending crisis in Syria

​Iranian and world powers on Thursday met for the first time in Vienna to find a political solution to end Syria's civil war.

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New strategies needed to boost global economic development

As the world economy is facing varied challenges including slowing growth, differentiated policies, transition and increasing uncertainties, new strategies are needed to cope with the changing economic situation and boost global economic development.

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Only trade growth will define merits of TPP

​At a critical moment when trade is set to grow less than the global economy for the first time in the last four decades, there is no reason not to welcome the ambitious pact that 12 Pacific Rim countries reached on Monday to create the largest free trade area of the world.

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Global agreement on climate change to be reached in Paris

​Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia and the president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, said he was confident that countries would be able to reach an agreement to tackle climate change during their meeting in Paris late this year.

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India outlines successes, failures of UN at 70

​The United Nations has succeeded in preventing a third world war but has not kept up with new challenges, the Indian external affairs minister, Sushma Swaraj, told the United Nations General Assembly here Thursday.

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China's voice at UN calls for peace, development in world at large

​Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday took the floor at the annual high-level debate of the UN General Assembly to present China's views on the current world situation and proposals for peace and development in the world at large.