Hamburg, the largest port in Germany, boasts solid economic ties with China, and Hamburg Mayor Ole Von Beust is very proud of the city's close cooperative partnership with China.
"One in three containers passing through the port of H…
Russian officials on children affairs and UNICEF representatives in the country held a joint press conference on Tuesday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the adoption of "Convention on the Rights of the Child."
Nov. 20 this yea…
Chicago government and business leaders said Tuesday they were pleased with President Barack Obama's visit to China, believing the United States and China had entered a new era of
cooperation.
John Thomson, executive director of th…
Ecuador rejected on Wednesday a Transparency International report on corruption ranking the Latin American country as one of the most corrupt countries in the region.
According to the report released on Tuesday, corruption is widespr…
Two decades ago, economies around the Pacific Rim founded the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), aiming to liberalize trade and investment between member economies in order to bring growth and prosperity to the entire region.The me…
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barack Obama met Sunday on the sidelines of the APEC meetings and declared to update a strategic arms reduction pact.
According to local media, both leaders said negotiations over …
Sudan and Mauritania Sunday agreed to enhance cooperation to prevent double taxation and commercial exchange.
In a meeting Sunday between the Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs Ali Karti and the Mauritanian Minister of Forei…
On the eve of the World Summit on Food Security, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) on Sunday announced a 1-billion-U.S.-dollar agreement to fund agricultural development in poor countri…
Islamic Hamas movement Sunday said talks to exchange prisoners with Israel are underway but still far from end.
Negotiations are going on and they are being led by the German mediator, said Osama al-Muzini, a Hamas official based in the G…
Indonesian government is drafting action plans following the plan of Indonesia and Malaysia governments to establish a joint task force in handling troubled Indonesian workers working in Malaysia, Indonesian minister said in an official st…
Leaders of the 21-member Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation wrapped up their two-day annual meeting here by issuing a declaration, pledging to pursue a new growth pattern in the post-crisis era. "We cannot go back to 'growth as usual'or'tr…
The Mfantseman West Constituency of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has elected a 14-member executive to manage its affairs for the next two years.
At a constituency delegates conference at Saltpond at the weekend, nine of the…
On the eve of the World Summit on Food Security, the first ladies of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) met on Sunday at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) headquarters here to discuss women's role in the global fight against hunge…
In the following Q&A session, the president held a town-hall style dialogue with 500-strong Chinee youth from Shanghai universities and took questions from both attendees and netizens.
When asked about his understanding of how to pro…
Thailand is ready to arrest fugitive former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, if he flies over the country's airspace, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban has warned Monday.
The Thai government already informed airline companies c…
World leaders and officials gathered in Rome Monday for a three-day summit on food security, aiming to relieve over 1 billion people in the world from hunger.
"The silent hunger crisis, affecting one sixth of all of humanity, poses a…
Thailand does not want to raise its diplomatic standoff with Cambodia to an ASEAN level, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said Monday.
Thailand and Cambodia have downgraded their diplomatic relations due to conflict over an ap…
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has called on the United States to pull its troops out of South Korea as early as possible, the official newspaper Rodong Sinmun said on Monday.
The report said the so-called U.S.-led …
Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) says the distribution process of the provisional electoral list is satisfactory despite the new delay of the Nov. 29 presidential polls.
The list, which is one of the major fact…
"Hand in hand we stand, all across the land. We can make this world a better place in which to live. Hand in hand we can, start to understand. Breaking all the walls that come between us for all time," the lyrics of the 1988 Olympiad the…
"You would not believe the magic that happened," Raghavendra Rao said about the overnight change of his two daughters after they entered the UN International School (UNIS).
"Within two weeks there (at UNIS), my older one says, 'Momma…
The Peruvian Congress launched its "Weekend Open Days for Citizens" activities on Sunday in efforts to enhance the parliament's ties with the masses to win public support for politics.
In front of the Congress building, hundreds of p…
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made apology on Monday to thousands of Australians who suffered in state and church care, saying the nation looked back in shame.
The prime minister said sorry for the abuses children suffered up…
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday called on the Chinese and U.S. governments to strengthen cooperation in dealing with such global challenges as climate change.
"There are very few global challenges that can be solved unless Chin…
Visiting U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that different countries should learn from each other to diversify cultures in the world.
"Each country in this interconnecting world has its own culture, its own history, and its own …
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has urged the United States to take Pakistan on board wile revising its Afghan policy.
He conveyed Pakistan's concerns about U.S. Afghan policy while talking to James Jone, the U.S. National…
Israeli President Shimon Peres arrived in Argentina, home to Latin America's biggest Jewish community, on Sunday for a two-day visit.
He was met at the airport by Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana and was scheduled to meet Arge…
To prevent children from sexual abuse and create awareness towards this end, Nepal will witness two programs on Nov. 19 and 20 to celebrate Universal Children's Day.
Universal Children's Day falls on Nov. 20.
The programs, org…
Cambodian National Assembly on Monday stripped the opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) leader Sam Rainsy his parliamentary immunity.
Sam Rainsy has been lifted his immunity as lawmaker of the National Assembly this morning, Lawmaker fr…
The Northern Regional Security Council (NREGSEC)
on Monday refuted media reports that there were gunshots in Buipe in the Central Gonja District when Vice President John Dramani Mahama went there for a programme.
"The attention of th…
Nuclear installations across India have been put on high alert as it has been found that David Headley, a US citizen arrested by FBI on terror charges,
had visited some states having atomic installations.
Sources in India's Home Mi…
Mr Osei Yaw Owusu Sekyere, Zonal Representative of the Local Governance Network (LOGNet) for the Western and Central regions, on Monday called on civil society and community based organizations to support Metropolitan, Municipal and Distri…
Bulgaria supports and will keep on doing this for Macedonia's bid to join the European Union and NATO, Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov said here Monday after meeting with his visiting Macedonian counterpart Nikola Gruevski.
At…
The United States on Monday urged both sides in the Honduran political crisis to begin implementing an accord to ensure the legitimacy of the upcoming elections.
Under the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord reached on Oct. 29, exiled Presid…
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez met on Monday with her visiting Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres,
urging him to reach peace in the Middle East to contribute to achieve a safer world.
"For us the peace in the Middle East is a…
The unilateral action to establish an independent Palestine state can be detrimental, French Foreign Ministry spokesman Bernard Valero said on Monday at a press briefing.
"A unilateral step ... can be detrimental for the establishmen…
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday evening that London planned to host an international conference to set a timetable for transferring security responsibilities to Afghan forces from next year.
During his annual Guild…
Mr Anthony Korsi Kumeni, a retired Civil Servant,
has passionately appealed to President John E. A. Mills to rename the Kotoka International Airport after Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
He said Dr Nkrumah has left remarkable prints on t…
Alhaji Gyabiru Ibrahim, a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Agona East constituency, has appealed to the National Executive of the party to resolve the "politics of
discrimination and tribalism in the constituency."…
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) on Saturday called on the various security agencies to be fearless in the enforcement of the law but maintain professional standards.
"You are under obligation to work without fear o…
Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman plans to visit the West Bank in several days to have discussions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an official from Abbas's Fatah party said on Sunday.
"Suleiman's visit is almost con…
Voting for local elections in Kosovo, the first since its self-declared independence from Serbia, started on Sunday morning, said electoral authorities.
About 1.5 million people are registered to vote for local councils and mayors at…
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the United States are holding contacts to resume Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, which has been stalled for nearly a year, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.
Senior Palestinian negoti…
The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) is working to get the UN recognition of a Palestinian statehood on territories Israel captured in 1967 Middle East war, an official said on Sunday.
"We are now seeking to get a resolution reco…
Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani Sunday condemned Saudi interference in the conflict in northern Yemen, the satellite Press TV reported.
During a Sunday session, the lawmakers called on Islamic states to take action against "th…
The U.S. will enhance engagement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and both sides agreed to hold a second meeting next year, said a joint statement issued Sunday after the first meeting was held here between presiden…
Mr. Albert Atutiga, former Northern Regional Chairman of the Convention People's Party (CPP), has advised members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop stabbing each other in the back and focus on addressing problems confrontin…
Mr. Kwadwo Yeboah Fordjour, a former Brong Ahafo Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has urged the party's hierarchy to remain neutral in the impending regional executive elections.
He said the NPP could regain power from th…
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development is holding consultative meetings with representatives of recognized political parties towards the acceleration of decentralizing
Government for the active participation of the ordinar…
The Effutu Constituency branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at its annual delegates' conference on Saturday elected new executives to steer the affairs of the party for the next two years.
The incumbent Chairman, Mr. Koj…
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