HANGZHOU, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — Leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) major economies agreed to use multiple policy tools including fiscal, monetary and structural reform to ward off short-term risk and explore medium- and long-term growth potential, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday. G20 should work together to coordinate […]

HANGZHOU, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, discussed the Syria and Ukraine issues at a meeting here Monday on the sidelines of the 11th Group of 20 summit. The meeting, which lasted more than an hour, was “longer than planned, ” Russian […]

HANGZHOU, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — The ongoing Group of 20 (G20) summit hosted here by China presents an opportunity to boost international cooperation and promote global economic growth, European Union (EU) leaders said Sunday. “There could not be a more dynamic place than Hangzhou in China to inspire our discussion […]

HANGZHOU, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) — The Group of 20 summit opened Sunday in China’s eastern city of Hangzhou amid multiple risks and challenges, aiming to find a therapy that can bring the world economy back to a healthy growth trajectory. The therapy will be an integrative approach to address both […]

AMATRICE, Aug. 31, 2016 (Xinhua) – Civil Protection operators carry a casket ahead of a funeral for some of the victims of last Wednesday’s earthquake in Amatrice, Italy, Aug. 30, 2016. The funerals of earthquake victims from Amatrice was held in their Lazio village on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Fabrizio Di Nucci)

BEIJING, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — China issued five new standards to limit some major pollutants, which are expected to cut industrial discharges by more than half. The Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued the documents, which included emission caps for […]

ATHENS, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) — Turkey will not continue the implementation of the agreement struck with European Union in March to stem the refugee flow if Europe fails to grant visa free travel to Turkish nationals by October this year, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has warned. The Turkish official […]