Homepage | Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2014
Chinese FM to make UN, Mexico, US trip
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will start a nine-day trip from Wednesday to attend the UN General Assembly in New York, visit Mexico and the United States, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman announced Monday.
China pledges to boost climate cooperation with UN
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said here Monday that Beijing will offer 6 million U.S. dollars to support UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in promoting South-South cooperation on climate change.
US military, partner nations conduct first airstrikes in Syria
The Pentagon has confirmed that the US military and partner nations have carried out first air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria.
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Premier Li meets Kazakhstan´s Defense Minister in Beijing
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang meets with Kazakhstan´s Defense Minister Serik Akhmetov in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 23, 2014.
250,000 people evacuated in China´s eastern province
Typhoon Fung-Wong has made landfall in east China?? Zhejiang Province, with wind speeds reaching 28 meters per second.
Chinese icebreaker returns to home port
China´s sixth Arctic expedition team aboard icebreaker Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon," has returned to its home port in eastern China´s Shanghai after a two-and-a-half-month mission.
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Families demand release of hostages held by IS militants
Lebanon says it will seek Turkey?? help to secure the release of at least 21 soldiers and police still held hostage by extremist militants.
UN Refugee Agency steps up aid to help 130,000 Syrian refugees in Turkey
The UN Refugee Agency ( UNHCR) is stepping up assistance to the Turkish government to aid an estimated 130,000 Syrians who have crossed into Turkey since Friday, a UN spokesman said Monday.
DPRK accuses S. Korea of distributing anti-DPRK leaflets
The Democratic People´s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday condemned a South Korean civic group for spreading anti-DPRK leaflets, the official news agency KCNA reported.
Business »
China streamlines administrative approval procedures
China is on the way to further streamline its administrative approval procedures to facilitate business development.
Businesses enjoy more convenient trading environment in China
China is simplifying administrative approval procedures and offering more convenient services for businesses. Take South China?? Guangdong province for example, which is home to millions of medium and micro-sized businesses.
Apple Pay to hit markets in October
The smartphone maker Apple will launch Apple Pay in October, according to media reports on Monday.
Wrong place, wrong time for Philippines to hit China on sea issue
It is lamentable that during the four-nation European tour of Philippine President Benigno Aquino III from Sept. 13 to 19, enroute for the United Sates, he made the issue of the South China Sea as the topmost item on his agenda with the leaders of the host nations.
Ukrainian troops, rebels start creating buffer zone amid new casualties
Ukrainian troops and independence-seeking insurgents have started establishing a weapon-free buffer zone to separate the areas they control from each other, a government military spokesman said Monday.
Advance team of UN mission to combat Ebola arrives in West Africa
An advance team of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has arrived in Accra, Ghana to set up the operation´s headquarters, a UN spokesperson said Monday.
