In its newly-released Global Economic Prospects report, the World Bank acknowledged that the world economy remains fragile four years after the onset of the global financial crisis. Here is World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim. What we see is the

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China is seeking deeper trade and investment cooperation with Latin America amid the global economic slowdown and sluggish international demand. Tian Deyou is director of the Americas division under the Ministry of Commerce. China's export increased

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Social networking company Facebook has unveiled a new feature to help search information shared among hundreds of millions of its users. The Graph Search feature will allow users to search with phrases to get people, places, photos or other content s

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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell says his country is in the middle of intense deliberations, at the United Nations Security Council over North Korea's rocket launch in December. Campbell told reporters in Seoul the United States is in

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China has been ranked as the third most innovative country according to General Electric's latest report of Global Innovation Barometer. The report highlights two advantages of China's successful innovation, flexible and diversified business models a

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Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency have agreed to meet next month for another round of negotiations. The agreement comes as the two sides ended their two-day talks in Tehran Thursday. Tehran will host the next round of talks. Both sides

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The United Nations has officially launched 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa and congratulated Bolivian President Evo Morales for his work in promoting the ancient grain in international markets. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivered a co

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Ballots are being distributed to the polling stations nationwide as Italy prepares for its general elections this weekend. Opinion polls show that Pier Luigi Bersani, leader of the Democratic Party with almost zero name recognition outside Italy, is

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Ohio's Jackson City school district is fighting a lawsuit demanding the removal of a portrait of Jesus that has hung in a middle school hallway for 66 years. The American Civil Liberties Union and its partners contend the portrait is government endor

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Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have agreed that any international responses to North Korea's recent nuclear test should be conducive to regional peace and stability. After a meeting in Moscow, the forei

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A report on the elderly here in China is suggesting the government should do more to help improve the wellbeing of the country's rapidly growing aging population. The China Research Center on Aging has stressed the need to increase government spendin

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After proposing a permanent fix for its Dreamliner 787 to the Federal Aviation Association last Friday, Boeing has met with its Japanese battery maker GS Yuasa on how to get the Dreamliners back in the air. Boeing's said to be proposing a stronger co

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Officials in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata are saying the death toll from the fire that burnt down an illegal 6 storey market building with just 1 exit point could still rise. At least 19 people are said to have died so far in the early morning

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China's five-year policy of subsidizing the purchase of home appliances in rural areas came to an end on January 31 with a total government subsidy of 100 billion yuan leading to over 600 billion yuan in spending by rural residents. For more on the s

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Latest figures are showing a decline in the growth of China's manufacturing sector which means the country's recovery could be slowing down. The official Purchasing Manager's Index or the PMI for February fell to 50.1 percent from the previous month'

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A World Health Organization report shows the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 is likely to increase the risk of specific cancers for people in polluted areas. However, the report predicts no additional risks for other parts in Japan and neighboring

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Some 150 kilometers northeast of London, students from Suffolk's local schools are practising in the Snape Maltings Concert Hall the Old Abram Brown, one of the twelve songs composed by Britten 80 years ago and published as Friday Afternoons. It so h

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Chinese social activist is accusing Weifang City factories of illegally discharging chemical waste into 1,000 meter deep wells. In response, the Shandong provincial environment protection department has sent 320 officers to over 700 suspected factori

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Beijing has issued new food safety regulations to restrict online food sales. Food items will be placed in three different categories: pre-packaged foods, bulk foods, and dairy products. Food retailers without a storefront will be banned from selling

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Father of a sixth grader in east China's Zhejiang Province outsourced his daughter's homework to nine of his employees, causing one of them to complain to the local newspaper. This unhappy worker, who is surnamed Chen said it took three days to finis

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