More than 1,000 people were evacuated after a World War II bomb was found by construction workers who were digging an underground hotel structure near the Cosmo Hotel in Happy Valley on the Hong Kong Island on Thursday.
Brazil's Arena das Dunas World Cup stadium needs further construction work despite its inauguration on Sunday, according to local officials.
The World Bank and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) announced Wednesday a new partnership to expand access to essential health services for women and children through results- based financing (RBF) and accelerate progress on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
According to local media, world football's governing body FIFA is likely to extend the stadium's year-end construction deadline due to the extenuating circumstances.
The Russian government Wednesday announced a 612-million-U.S. dollar tender to upgrade the venue for the 2018 World Cup final.
The World Bank said Tuesday that it has committed 52.6 billion U.S. dollars in loans, grants, equity investments, and guarantees to support developing countries in fiscal year 2013 which ended on June 30.
The UNESCO's World Heritage Committee had inscribed two Chinese properties and 17 other places around the globe on its prestigious World Heritage List during its 37th annual session here, bringing the total number of world heritage sites to 981.
The World Bank announced Wednesday a new initiative to improve the investment environment and competitiveness, and to share prosperity among Latin American and Caribbean countries.
Russia will do everything it could to prevent the outbreak of possible new wars, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
The World Bank on Tuesday welcomed the move taken by the BRICS countries to establish a development bank, vowing to work closely with the new lender to end poverty and build shared prosperity throughout the developing world.
Axel van Trotsenburg has been appointed the World Bank's new Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim, effective on Feb. 1, the Washington-based agency said on Thursday.
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