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Much of Mr Modi’s USA visit, on which he received rock-star welcomes, also focused on connecting with the Indian diaspora in Silicon Valley, the IT professionals who migrated in their droves over the past two decades to seize job opportunities that weren’t available...

Invoking the words of late president Hugo Chávez, Maduro affirmed that revolutionary change is the only way to fight poverty.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Tuesday, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president.

Mr Modi’s statement said that while both leaders shared “an uncompromising commitment on climate change”, he was careful to mention that this was “without affecting our ability to meet the development aspirations of humanity”.

Putin, without naming the United States, accused Washington of trying to enforce its will on others and mulling a possible reform of the U.N., which he suggested stands in the way of the perceived US domination.

“Closing regulatory loopholes that hamper patent enforcement for medicines, providing a sufficient period of data protection for agrochemicals and medicines, and removing the overly restrictive “enhanced efficacy” criterion for the patentability of medicines...

They still believe climate change is natural.

Concerns about how to reduce inequality loom large. When they do, impressive progress can be achieved. Businesses have enormous power, resources and knowledge to assist.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York, the United States, September 28, 2015. “No matter how the worldwide landscape may evolve and how strong China may become, China will never pursue hegemony, expansion, or sphere of...

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,...

“For the first time ever, we have a transformative set of global goals agreed by all countries and that apply to every nation”, he said.

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

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San Jose: Mark Zuckerberg said he considers India a “temple” of knowledge from where he took inspiration to rebuild Facebook when the company went through a “rough patch” and was on the verge of being sold over 10 years ago.

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.