The World Bank on Wednesday trimmed its global growth forecasts slightly for 2019 and 2020 due to a slower-than-expected recovery in trade and investment despite cooler trade tensions between the
Global economic growth is projected to recover to 2.5 percent in 2020, up slightly from the post-crisis low of 2.4 percent registered in 2019, but downside risks persist, the World Bank said on Wedne
Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, on Wednesday met with Damian Woetzel, president of the Juilliard School. Woetzel introduced the school's cooperation
Hong Kong police have seized a large number of lethal weapons including a rifle and bombs that could be used in public events and cause casualties. Weapons and dangero
Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (L) and Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry attend a joint press conference in Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 8, 2020. (Xinh
The United States government has released its latest initiative in the automated vehicle (AV) sector in a bid to keep its leadership in self-driving vehicle technologies. Elaine L. Chao, the U.S. Se
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was calling for complete cooperation with any investigation into the cause of the crash of a Ukr
By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 8 (APD) – Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Governor Benjamin E. Diokno said there is no cause for alarm with what’s going on in the M
China's foreign exchange regulator announced Wednesday it is cancelling 11 certification materials on foreign exchange management in a bid to streamline the approval procedures.According to China's S
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will visit Iraq on Thursday following an Iranian retaliatory attack on U.S. troops in Iraq, Turkey's Foreign Ministry announc
Beijing Railway Station has installed facial recognition software in 30 self-service ticket checking machines to shorten the check-in time during the upcoming Spring F
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met on Wednesday in Istanbul to discuss regional developments. The mounting tension between the United States and Ir
Rugao, a city renowned for the longevity of its residents in east China's Jiangsu Province, has registered a record 500 centenarians, local authorities said Wednesday. This marked a yearly increas
Australia's bushfires have burned so intensely that they have hurled smoke as far away as Chile.They have also created their own weather systems, including deadly "firestorms" that produce dry lightn
China has sent a new communication technology experiment satellite into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 11:20 p.m. Beijing Time on Tuesday.The satellite has enter
The 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), known as the world's biggest tech event, is well underway in Las Vegas. More than 4,500 exhibitors launch nearly 20,000 latest tech products, com
Poland’s president is threatening to boycott a ceremony in Israel marking the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz if he is not