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China's economy registers 6.7% growth in 2016
20 Jan 2017
Fed's Yellen raises concerns about overheating of US economy
20 Jan 2017
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen says with the unemployment rate near its longer-run normal level and likely to move a bit lower this year, it is undesirable to overheat the economy with very low interest rates
Free-trade champion, China’s Xi calls for complete nuclear disarmament
19 Jan 2017
The Chinese leader's speeches at Davos and Geneva are seen as an attempt to grab the mantle of global leadership from the United States
China ecstatic: finally, it manages to reinvent the ball-point pen!
16 Jan 2017
Don't laugh: because despite its much-vaunted manufacturing skills, the country has so far lacked the technology to make indigenous ball-points of any quality
World’s 8 richest men own as much as poorest half, WEF told
16 Jan 2017
Just eight individuals, all men, own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world's population, Oxfam said on Monday in a report calling for action to curtail rewards for those at the top
Russia invites Trump administration to Syrian peace talks bypassing Obama administration
14 Jan 2017
Obama surprises V-P Biden with highest civilian honour
13 Jan 2017
Obama described Biden as a "lion of American history" and praised his long service in the Senate, saying that as vice president, Biden's influence spanned both domestic and international policy initiatives
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