Drill will intensify mistrust between Russia and NATO

Despite being its largest military exercise since the end of the Cold War, NATO has tried to downplay the war games it is holding just 200 kilometers from Russia's western border.

No interference in exchange rate sign of govt's faith in the economy

THE RENMINBI'S EXCHANGE RATE against the US dollar dropped to a decade low of 6.97 last week before a quick rebound to 6.89 by Sunday. Guancha.cn comments:

Commercialization gives esports better image

ON SATURDAY, a team from China won the annual League of Legends championship held in Busan, the Republic of Korea. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

China continues to open its doors wider to world

Editor's note: The ongoing trade frictions with the United States will not close China's doors, comments Niutanqin, a popular columnist, in a web post. Excerpts:

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Expo to boost consumption, global growth

The ongoing China International Import Expo could help the world economy overcome part of the challenges facing economic globalization and stem the spread of unilateralism and protectionism. The reason: it is aimed at facilitating a new round of high-quality opening-up and boosting qualitative development, which in turn will promote trade liberalization and multilateralism.

Steady development helped poverty reduction

Editor's note: Some senior officials and scholars delivered speeches on China's contribution to global poverty reduction at the two-day International Forum on Reform and Opening-Up and Poverty Reduction in China that concluded in Beijing on Friday.

Disquiet over US sanctions

The decision by the United States to reimpose further sanctions on Iran has triggered widespread defiance and worries worldwide.

As vote race tightens, Trump defends focus on immigration

WASHINGTON - The midterm elections to be held on Tuesday are the first major electoral battle since US President Donald Trump clinched the White House. Now, after two years, Democrats are eager to get back in the ring and slug it out with the GOP.

World leaders to descend for WWI remembrance

PARIS - France kicks off a week of World War I commemorations from Sunday, with about 80 leaders from around the globe preparing to fly in for a ceremony marking a century since the guns fell silent.

Rare duck making a splash in Central Park

A duck is generating curiosity and speculation since its appearance recently in New York's Central Park. It's even gained the nickname as "New York's most eligible bachelor".