The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, on Wednesday announced a package of 450 million U.S. dollars in commercial financing to support trade, investment and employment in the three West African countries.
An exhibit featuring U.S. soldiers fighting alongside Chinese troops during World War II kicked off here Wednesday.
Timely data and better measurement are vital to achieve the World Bank's twin goals of ending poverty by 2030 and promoting shared prosperity, said a report released by the World Bank on Thursday.
The World Bank on Thursday launched an initiative to bridge the private sector with the need of developing countries and emerging markets on infrastructure construction.
World Cyber Arena (WCA) 2014, a new event for world cyber gamers, kicked off in Yinchuan, capital city of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region on Oct 2.
Senior diplomats from South Korea and Japan will hold talks about the imperialistic Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, South Korea's foreign ministry said Thursday.
The World Bank announced on Tuesday that its executive directors had endorsed a new strategy to aid Argentina to reduce poverty and promote inclusive growth.
More than 30 scholars and experts took part in a seminar in Nanjing on Tuesday to mark a historical moment in the World Anti-fascist War.
Cuban Grandmaster Leinier Dominguez will participate in the 4th World Mind Games to be held in Beijing from Dec. 11 to 17, 2014, the World Chess Federation (FIDE) said on Thursday.
Leading scientists published a call to the UN on Sunday, saying that rain, and the way it is managed, is what will determine whether hunger and poverty can be eradicated in the world.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has guaranteed the country's airports will cope with increased demand during the football World Cup.
Brazil's city of Rio de Janeiro earned some 2 billion U.S. dollars in tourism revenue thanks to the 2014 Brazil World Cup, local tourism authorities announced Tuesday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met World Bank President Jim Yong Kim here and discussed with the latter future cooperation in development programs.
Colombians Monday celebrated the selection of a goal by national footballer James Rodriguez as the best of the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
The famous ancient Silk Road and China's Grand Canal, the world's longest artificial waterway, were inscribed on the list of World Heritage Sites here on Sunday.
Despite an almost hilariously bad national team of their own, Chinese football fans are wide awake these nights, watching the FIFA World Cup on the other side of the earth.
China is applying to UNESCO to list 11 sets of documents relating to the 1937 Nanjing Massacre on the Memory of the World Register.
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