African countries should speed up their digital transitions to raise more financing for the continent's development, according to a recent report by the United Nations Economic Commission of Africa, or UNECA.
JERUSALEM - Israel's leader will face a "real problem" if he follows through with his election campaign promise to annex Jewish settlements in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, the Palestinian foreign minister said on Sunday.
CHALOEM PHRA KIAT, Thailand - On the scorching on Saturday afternoon, dozens of local Thai students dressed like apsaras were dancing together on the stairway in front of the main sanctuary of Phanom Rung, an ancient Khmer temple in northeastern Thailand. This is a part of an annual festival promoting culture and attract tourists.
TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI, Libya - The United Nations is determined to hold Libya's national conference on possible elections on time, even as eastern forces advance on the capital Tripoli in an escalation of the conflict, a UN envoy said on Saturday, Reuters reported.
The US government may designate an arm of Iran's military a terrorist group, which would be a first for Washington. Iran vows to fight back.
DINARD, France - The Group of Seven nations ended a foreign ministers' meeting in western France without quarreling on Saturday, as they looked to lay the groundwork for a leaders' summit in August despite the absence of the US Secretary of State, Reuters reported.
LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Saturday defended her decision to turn to Britain's main opposition party to get her EU divorce deal approved, warning without cross-party consensus Brexit could "slip through our fingers".
Like most fathers, I have kept up the habit of buying cartoon books for my baby girl, who is now one year old, to encourage her to develop an interest in the outside world.
I've recently become hooked on taking my two-year-old daughter to visit children's bookstores, and with more and more of them popping up around Beijing, there are plenty to choose from when I'm drawing up my "must-see" list.
When the dry season sets in across China's southernmost province of Hainan in November, local farmers will gear up to harvest from rows of areca palms in its vast coastal fields.
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