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Britain's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2019, up from 0.2 percent in the previous quarter, according to preliminary figures released on Friday…

It won't be easy for Russia and Japan to reach an agreement on a post-World War II peace treaty, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said here Friday following talks with…

A conference entitled "Italy-China Partnership in the New Silk Road" was held Friday here, at which Italian government officials and experts voiced their support for the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), discussing…

London heritage campaigners criticized Friday a plan to demolish a landmark building in London's government quarter to build a temporary parliament, calling it state sponsored vandalism. SAVE, one of Britain's…

Current global tensions are a major setback for sustainable development, the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres said at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday. "Significant obstacles have…

The US government of President Donald Trump dare not wage a war on Iran despite its threats, a senior Iranian commander said Friday. "Negotiations with Americans will not take place,…

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's ruling ANC was in touching distance of election victory Friday but with diminished support, complicating efforts to revive the country's flagging economy and fight corruption,…

A total of 894 children were released from a local vigilante movement involved in the fight against terror group Boko Haram in Nigeria's northeast region, according to the UN Children's…

The ruling African National Congress is coasting to a comfortable lead in South Africa's presidential and parliamentary elections with 83% of the vote counted, but the tally shows the party…

A 72-year-old Frenchman arrived on the Caribbean island of Martinique Thursday to celebrate crossing the Atlantic in four months carried by the currents in a custom-made barrel. "It was an…