World Bank should function more as combi...

The World Bank as a leading development finance institution should attach more importance to its role as an integrating force and engage itself broadly beyond the poorest countries, said its former

World Bank should function more as combi...

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank as a leading development finance institution should attach more importance to its role as an integrating force and engage itself broadly beyond the poo

World news agencies expect much from Bei...

BEIJING, April 11 (Xinhua) -- World news agencies have very high expectations of Beijing 2022, said Anthony Edgar, head of International Olympic Committee media operations, at the first World Agency

Thailand to nominate list of historic si...

BANGKOK, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Thai cabinet approved on Tuesday to nominate a few of its historical sites as World Heritage sites. A tentative list of the Ancient Town of Si Thep and the Ensemble of P

David Malpass takes office as World Bank...

David Malpass on Tuesday took office as the president of the World Bank Group, and said he looks forward to undertaking the task with enthusiasm. Malpass made his debut as the 13th president of the

David Malpass takes office as World Bank...

WASHINGTON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- David Malpass on Tuesday took office as the president of the World Bank Group, and said he looks forward to undertaking the task with enthusiasm. Malpass made his debu

World junior champ Manangoi targets Afri...

NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- World junior 1,500m champion George Manangoi from Kenya is eyeing a gold at the Africa Junior Championships, which will be held in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire from April 16-20

Kenya set to promote new world heritage ...

NAIROBI, April 9 (Xinhua) -- Kenya plans to inaugurate the country's seventh world heritage site located in western county of Migori in mid-April in a bid to boost tourism, officials said on Tuesday.

Star-studded Chinese table tennis team s...

BEIJING, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese table tennis national team set its sights on three gold medals as it left for the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest early Tuesday. Loaded with

WHO celebrates World Health Day in Rabat

RABAT, April 8 (Xinhua) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated the World Health Day in the Moroccan capital Rabat on Monday.Held under the theme "Primary health care: a path towards univer