The United States and the European Union (EU) start Monday the first round of negotiations over a bilateral free trade deal that could be the world's biggest in history.
South Korea's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that it has asked the United States to confirm media reports of the U.S. intelligence agency's spying on the South Korean embassy.
The Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman on Sunday said the government is still willing to send a delegate to Doha, the capital of the Gulf state of Qatar, to kick off peace talks with the Taliban.
The United States decided on Thursday to levy anti-dumping duty on xanthan gum imported from China.
The United States, Japan and the Republic of Korea on Wednesday called for "meaningful" steps on denuclearization by Pyongyang in exchange for better ties with them.
More than 20 journalists from the Pacific including Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu will attend a four-day workshop that will enhance their skills to produce informed media reports on urbanization and informal settlements, the United Nations Development Programme's ( UNDP) Pacific Center said Friday.
The United States should support a larger role for China in the current global economic governance architecture as the two nations have much to gain from cooperation on global issues, U.S. experts said on Tuesday in Washington.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama held the second meeting here on Saturday to exchange views on economic ties.
China will overtake Canada and Mexico to become the United States' largest export market by 2022, according to a report issued Tuesday.
The declining trend of manufacturing output seems to have been reversed but prospect of recovery remains fragile due to the prolonged recession in Europe, the United Nations reported on Tuesday.
U.S. and China can cooperate more to resolve a range of challenges to advance global economic recovery, said Tung Chee Hwa, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), China's political advisory body, on Wednesday.
The United States and Myanmar on Tuesday signed a trade and investment framework agreement, announced the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in a statement.
The Iranian flag was standing side by side with the stars and stripes in a peaceful manner on Tuesday at UN Headquarters in New York although the two countries have no diplomatic relations.
The recent U.S.-Russian initiative on the Syria issue and the agreement reached by the two powers on the necessity of an international conference on Syria increase chances for a peaceful resolution in the conflict-stricken country, political experts said.
Manchester United's manager Sir Alex Ferguson has made the seismic decision to retire at the end of the season, putting down a full stop of his era at Old Trafford. He will become a director of the Red Devil instead.
The United States and South Korea on Thursday reaffirmed their strong alliance hours after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) listed conditions for resuming talks with the two countries.
The powerful defense commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday urged Washington and Seoul to stop provocations, part of conditions laid out by Pyongyang for restoring talks amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
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