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LE BOURGET (AFP) — Negotiators tasked with saving Earth’s climate system embarked Tuesday on an 11-day race to overcome decades-long disputes as …

HARARE (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping arrived in Zimbabwe on Tuesday on a rare visit by a world leader to a country shunned by Western powers …

PARIS (AFP) — French police on Tuesday banned demonstrations on Paris’ prestigious Champs Elysees avenue and near the venue for the UN climate …

A day after world leaders vowed to unite in a war on climate change, negotiators at the U.N. talks get down Tuesday to the nitty-gritty to tackle a slew of …

The average daily trading volume of the won-yuan trading market here has exceeded $2 billion over the past year as it has successfully taken root to help …

The International Monetary Fund welcomed China’s yuan into its elite reserve currency basket on Monday, recognizing the ascendance of the Asian power in the …

World leaders launch a whirlwind day of talks in the French capital on Monday aimed at forging an elusive agreement to stave off calamitous global warming. The …

South Korea gave preliminary approval for two groups — one from the new economy and another from the old, and both with Chinese partners — to set …

TOKYO (AFP) — Japan will resume “research” whaling in the Antarctic by the end of March next year, local media reported Saturday, despite a …

MOSCOW (AFP) — Moscow slapped sanctions on Ankara on Friday as the war of words over a downed Russian warplane escalated, with Turkish strongman Recep …