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Paris: Pro-Europe centrist Emmanuel Macron became president of France on Sunday in a solemn Elysee Palace ceremony and vowed to work to heal divisions in...

Beijing: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday said that the multi-billion dollar CPEC was an economic project open to all nations in the region...

Kathmandu: Nepalese were voting on Sunday in the first local-level polls in two decades, an election crucial for cementing democracy amid political turmoil...

Beijing: British finance minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday Britain is a natural partner for China's new Silk Road programme, and as it leaves the...

Beijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin played piano while awaiting Chinese leader Xi Jinping for bilateral talks in Beijing on Sunday. Putin spoke...

Beijing: China and the Philippines will start bilateral consultations on the disputed South China Sea this week, the Philippine ambassador to Beijing said,...

Beijing: The United States welcomed efforts by China to promote infrastructure connectivity as part of its Belt and Road initiative and U.S. companies can...

Jakarta: The Indonesian government said the global cyber attack that takes computer data hostage is likely to cause more havoc when offices reopen for...

Athens: Three people died and 10 more were injured when a train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night and ripped through a house, police said. The...

Abidjan: Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast opened up access to the West African nation's second-biggest city, Bouake, a leader of the uprising said on...