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They were targets in reducing maternal deaths during childbirth, reducing the number of people infected with HIV, ensuring environmental sustainability and providing adequate access to drinking water and proper sanitation for the people. For a future, where democratic values,...

And President Xi, during these discussions, indicated to me that, with 1.3 billion people, he can’t guarantee the behavior of every single person on Chinese soil – which I completely understand. As it turns out, President Xi did make a statement about this, speaking...

“Relevant construction activities that China are undertaking in the islands of the South China Sea do not impact any country, and China does not intend to pursue militarisation”, he said.

China’s President Xi Jinping has pledged billions in aide over the next to help the world’s poorest countries implement sustainable development. He spoke to a summit that adopted a sweeping agenda for global development includes the goal of eliminating poverty in 15 years.

President Xi’s speech at the United Nations headquarters was themed as “Toward Win-win Partnership for Sustainable Development”.

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Francis, who has emphasized humility and service over pomp and circumstance since being elected pope two years ago, also visited the Philadelphia’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.

China’s president on Saturday pledged billions in aid and said Beijing will forgive debts due this year in an effort to help the world’s poorest nations, as world leaders begin to seek the trillions of dollars needed to help achieve sweeping new development goals.

It was China’s extraordinary record shifting so many families out the ranks of the poor which ensured that the overall global record in poverty reduction under the previous Millennium Development Goals was substantial, our correspondent says.

Obama said he described to Xi the “tools” the administration has to deter and punish cybercrime and cyberattacks.

“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.

He said China “will continue to increase investment in the least developed countries“, and support global institutions, including the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank that is due to launch by the end of the year and is seen as a Chinese alternative...

The Congress leaders welcomed Xi for his state visit to the United States, saying the Congress is willing to play a positive role in deepening bilateral friendship and cooperation. The People’s Daily posted photos of the table settings for Xi’s state dinner on Friday...

We must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or any other kind.

While the MDGs were narrow in their focus (poverty), and aimed primarily at what donors could do, and while they are hardly known outside global development circles, they have achieved something remarkable in the development community entrenching the idea of measuring progress...