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Leading a gathering of 700 at the site of Ground Zero, the pope paid tribute to the almost 3,000 victims and those who responded to the worst attacks on U.S. soil that killed almost 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.

Pope Francis told Congress on Thursday that the United States should reject a “mindset of hostility” to immigrants, directly addressing a thorny subject that is dividing the country and stirring debate in the 2016 presidential campaign.

They still believe climate change is natural.

India, host of this summit, deserves credit for breathing a new lease of life in G-4 which had been moribund all these years. For India, it will take another decade to become a strong economy.

The views expressed are his own.

Ahead of this 70th anniversary General Debate, Mr. Ban will present his annual report on the work of the Organization.

Welcomed with cheering crowds and beaming officials in his first visit to the US this week, Pope Francis nevertheless admonished America to do more for peace.

“The United States welcomes the rise of a China that is peaceful, stable, prosperous and a responsible player in global affairs”, the president said during Xi’s state visit.

The leaders will meet in New York City on Monday since both will be in town for the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting, reports Reuters.

The US and China may emerge from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit with some progress made on cyber concerns.

“The question now is: Are words followed by action?” As recently as May of this year, the U.S. Department of Justice charged six Chinese nationals with stealing trade secrets from two American companies.

The USA and China may emerge from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit with some progress made on cyber concerns.

The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi will be heading to Silicon Valley this weekend to meet with tech executives about how best to capitalize on the internet revolution going on there.

They note that while the millennium goals were developed by then secretary-general Kofi Annan and his staff, the new goals are the result of years of negotiations by all 193 member states, which means they should all have a stake in their achievement. “We’re not the...

The US and China announced agreement on broad anti-hacking principles aimed at stopping the theft of corporate trade secrets though President Barack Obama pointedly said he has not ruled out invoking sanctions for violators.