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One day after President Barack Obama urged the U.S. Congress to intensify efforts to avert a debt crisis, the Senate appears to be doing just that. A recess has been canceled, and the president has been invited to Capitol Hill for direct talks with l

Brazil to rank as world's 6th largest economy

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Brazil will surpass Britain to become the sixth largest economy in the world this year, according to a British study published on Monday. The study, published by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR

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Banking sector causes collapse of Spanish stocks

MADRID, June 29 (Xinhua) -- The Spanish stock market suffered this year's third major downfall on Tuesday (-5.45 percent) as a result of the banking sector's liquidity problems. Fears of a double dip world recession grew sharply ahead of U.S. jobs re

China welcomes progress in Mali's constitutional crisis

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- China said on Monday that it welcomes the positive progress made in the settlement of Mali's constitutional crisis and appreciates the mediating efforts of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Foreign M

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HAVANA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- First Vice-President Miguel Diaz-Canel reiterated Wednesday that Cuba supports Syria's right of self-determination and sovereignty. Diaz-Canel made the remarks during talks with Mohsen Bilal, a special envoy of Syrian Presi

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Greek Debt Crisis Still Unresolved

European finance officials are still grappling with the Greek debt crisis after returning home from inconclusive talks at the International Monetary Fund in Washington over the weekend. The United States and other nations are pressing European leader

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Red Cross Struggling to Aid Europe's 'New Poor'

GENEVA The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reports it is struggling to provide assistance to increasing numbers of new poor in Europe. The latest statistics by the European Union show more than 26 million peopl

Europe to cooperate with China for financial stability

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said Wednesday that the European side will consult and cooperate with China in a concrete way to ensure the financial stability of the eurozone. Together with European Commissi

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HARI SREENIVASAN: Now to Greece, where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is running out of time to save his country from potential economic collapse. Tsipras will make his case for financial relief at an emergency Eurozone summit tomorrow, hoping to head

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WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Russian economy could contract as much as 1.8 percent this year, if the Ukraine crisis continues to roil and becomes more serious, said World Bank President Jim Yong Kim Thursday. If the crisis goes longer and has a d

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Famine Spreads to New Region in Somalia

The United Nations says more than half of Somalia's population, four million people, is now in crisis as famine spreads, and 750,000 are at risk of death. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Somalia reported Monday that fa

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Warnings of Humanitarian Crisis in Greek Port Town

PERAMA, Greece - Aid workers say the Greek economic crash is causing a humanitarian crisis in one impoverished suburb of the port city of Piraeus. Most of the residents of Perama are unemployed and many are unable to afford basic healthcare or provis