WASHINGTON - The US House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation to raise the federal minimum wage to an hour by October 2025, a big win for workers and labor groups, even as it remained unlikely the bill would pass a Republican-controlled Senate.
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is considering imposing some US sanctions on Venezuela's vital oil sector in response to Sunday's election of a constitutional super-body that Washington has already denounced as a "sham" vote, US officials said.
Volunteers participate in a freshmen's week activity at Coventry University in the UK. Coventry University signs agreements with the Chinese private carmaker Geely on talent development, recruitment and auto industry research. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Vnesheconombank plays an active role in fostering the innovative ecosystem in Russia, and cooperation with Chinese partners is expected to help innovative companies enter global markets and boost exports.
Volkswagen has long made clear its ambition: to deliver 400,000 new energy vehicles to China in 2020, a quarter of Chinese authorities' latest sales goal for the year.
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday lowered its global growth forecast for 2019 to 3 percent in the newly-released World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, down 0.2 percentage point from its estimation in July.
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WASHINGTON - China's economic growth target for this year will allow policy makers to focus on improving the quality of growth, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) spokesman said Thursday.
Vietnam reaped more than .1 billion from exporting various kinds of seafood, including tra fish, to the world market in the first four months of this year, up 9 percent, according to the country's General Statistics Office.
Visitors try out the latest health tourism products at the Beijing International Health Tourism Expo. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Villagers embrace e-shopping, help stoke consumption upgrade amid rising retail wave