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Thursday, October 24, 2013
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Though more countries are taking action, still nine out of ten people worldwide are breathing air containing high levels of pollutants, with an estimated death toll of seven million every year caused by outdoor and household air pollution, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.
Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), has said his country will openly close its main nuclear test site in May, the Blue House of South Korea said Sunday.
UN officials, leading economists and academics have gathered at UN headquarters on Friday to discuss ways to try to protect global free-trade.
Leaders of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and South Korea have signed a joint declaration confirming their common goal of complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders has released on Thursday photos of the meeting between US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Without directly chiding Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday forcefully challenged many of his U.S. counterpart's policies, urging Washington to embrace multilateralism and economic globalization.
US Scientists working on new ways to battle the erosion that threatens Louisiana's coastline have a dramatic new tool: a massive replica of the lower Mississippi River.
The number of people who died of injuries has increased to 10 after a van plowed into pedestrians in Toronto's northern suburb on Monday, police said.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold additional working-level talks early next week to discuss the upcoming summit between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and top DPRK leader Kim Jong Un.
Chinese actor Zhang Zhen is among the 71st Cannes Film Festival's eight jury members
IMF predicts 3.9% world economic growth for 2018 and 2019
English singer Jessie J on Friday became the first foreign winner of a popular Chinese music variety show
The United States started its military action against Syria's capital Damascus before daybreak Saturday as loud explosions were heard in Damascus with "red dots" seen flying from earth to the sky, reported Syrian state TV and Xinhua reporters in Damascus.
Mario Monti, economist and former Italian prime minister, says that he welcomes China's commitment to further opening up the country's market and a shared vision of the future in the international system.
With his film "Ash is purest white"
Fans of BBC expressed their shock and anger on social media after the broadcasting corporation admitted in a statement last week that scenes from its documentary series "Human Planet" were staged by the camera crew.
The UK is now levying a tax on high-sugar drinks in a bid to reduce obesity.
US President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, has resigned, the White House confirmed Tuesday.
President Xi Jinping has sent China's clear messages it is safeguarding globalization by rolling out "very specific measures and a timetable" in opening the country's door wider to the rest of the world, said veteran politicians, business leaders and scholars.
The United States space agency NASA's cargo provider SpaceX launched a Dragon spacecraft Monday afternoon, starting its resupply mission to the International Space Station.
