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  • US Vice President Mike Pence To Visit Georgia

    GEORGIA, 2017/07/08 US Vice President Mike Pence will travel to Georgia in late July, according to the White Home reported. In Tbilisi, the Vice President will meet with President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, part others, and visit U.S. and Georgian troops participating in the Noble Partner exercise. As part of his diplomatic tour in Europe, Pence will as well visit Estonia and Montenegro.

  • Indian Prime Minister Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu

    INDIA, 2017/07/07 What began as a budding relationship between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has presently blossomed into a full-blown best friendship, complete with strolls on the beach and handwritten notes. Modi, who is the initial Indian prime minister to visit Israel, just spent three days touring the country while tweeting additional than 50 times about how much fun he was having with “my friend, Netanyahu.” The two leaders laughed, hugged, shared a helicopter tour of Israel, appreciated some art and history, and again hugged again. All this culminated in a slow walk on Dor beach in Haifa today. The pair were there to discuss desalination (the process of turning seawater into potable water), but who knows what the two besties really talked about as they hiked up their pants and waded, smiling, into the Mediterranean Sea.

  • Globalising entrepreneurship requires respect, inclusiveness

    WORLD, 2017/06/02 As young entrepreneurs are crossing geographic borders, the promotion of values of inclusiveness and respect for the “other” have become of utmost importance, entrepreneurs and social leaders agreed on Sunday. Speakers at two panel discussions on the last day of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the Middle East and North Africa agreed on the need for governments, the private sector, civil society organisations and religious leaders to embark on a mission to deepen values of respect, in order to build a additional hopeful next.

  • Istanbul Forum set to tap into Africa's economic potential

    TURKEY, 2016/11/02 About 1,200 African businesspeople are set to visit Istanbul to meet their Turkish counterparts in a platform aiming to create a long-lasting cooperation. The Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum will be held in Istanbul tomorrow International business leaders will meet for two days in Istanbul Tuesday at the Turkey-Africa Economic and Business Forum, which highlights Turkey's strategy to enhance bilateral trade and economic relations with the African continent. Around 1,200 African businesspeople are expected to attend the program. The forum, jointly organized by the Turkish Ministry of Economy, the African Union Commission, the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM), aims to provide a platform for the business circles of Turkey and African nations to create a long-lasting cooperation, according to the forum's official website.

  • US Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visits Israel for talks

    ISRAEL, 2016/11/02 U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew visited Israel for talks on the Iran nuclear transaction and other issues. The visit on Sunday came just weeks next the United States and Israel signed a $38 billion defense assistance transaction.

  • China can show leadership at G20 summit to boost confidence in global economy

    CHINA, 2016/08/07 As the host of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in its eastern city of Hangzhou next month, China has the opportunity to show its leadership in resisting protectionism, spurring increase and boosting people's confidence in world economy, a U.S. expert has said. "I think on trade we're in a very significant time because I think there're strong protectionist pressures in the world," said Robert Kahn, a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, D.C. "Here's what China can play a very significant role in showing the leadership, saying (that) we need to resist these pressures and we need to do it in a way that's realistic and smart," Kahn told Xinhua in a recent interview.

  • China can show leadership at G20 summit to boost confidence in global economy: U.S. expert

    CHINA, 2016/08/07 As the host of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in its eastern city of Hangzhou next month, China has the opportunity to show its leadership in resisting protectionism, spurring increase and boosting people's confidence in world economy, a U.S. expert has said. "I think on trade we're in a very significant time because I think there're strong protectionist pressures in the world," said Robert Kahn, a senior fellow for international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Washington, D.C. "Here's what China can play a very significant role in showing the leadership, saying (that) we need to resist these pressures and we need to do it in a way that's realistic and smart," Kahn told Xinhua in a recent interview.

  • Israeli gymnast: Baku’s spectators support all athletes

    AZERBAIJAN, 2016/07/24 It is very pleasant that Baku’s spectators support not only Azerbaijani gymnasts, but as well athletes from other nations at the FIG World Cup Final in Rhythmic Gymnastics, Israeli gymnast Neta Rivkin told reports in Baku July 23. Commenting on her performances within two days, she stressed some mistakes. “I hope to perform perfectly in the finals,” she added. The FIG World Cup Final in Rhythmic Gymnastics will last until July 24, giving a incomparable opportunity to watch the performances of eminent gymnasts from 17 nations two weeks prior to the Rio Olympics.

  • Hungarian athlete: Pleasant atmosphere in National Gymnastics Arena in Baku

    AZERBAIJAN, 2016/07/24 Hungarian gymnast Alexandra Kis, participating in FIG World Cup Final in Rhythmic Gymnastics in Baku, believes that she has performed perfectly. Kis told reporters in Baku July 23 that she was pleased with the atmosphere in the National Gymnastics Arena in Baku. “I liked the fans’ support,” she added.

  • Azerbaijani athletes: Great responsibility to perform at home

    AZERBAIJAN, 2016/07/24 Azerbaijani gymnasts say they were pleased to perform at home, in Baku. “Azerbaijani gymnasts could have performed better at the FIG World Cup Final in Rhythmic Gymnastics,” Diana Doman, one of the gymnasts, told Trend July 23. “It is a great responsibility to perform at home, in Baku, but the spectators’ support helped us greatly,” Doman added.
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