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The Region of Western Greece will try to make the most of its friendship with the Chinese region of Fujian, including cooperation in various fields such as higher education, research and innovation, the head of the Regional Authority, Nektarios Farmakis stated on Wednesday in China.

Turkish Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmuş met with Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of his four-day trip to Russia where he highlighted the importance of the growing nature of bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.

Federal authorities in the United States have indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams, with reports indicating that the charges are linked to investigations concerning financial contributions to his campaign from Turkey. These contributions allegedly aimed to secure approval for a Turkish consulate in Manhattan.

Chinese leaders are considering pumping more than $140 billion into the country's large state-run banks in the first such move to support the flagging economy since the global financial crisis, a report said on Thursday.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) agreed to loan Pakistan $7 billion to bolster its faltering economy, approving a relief package the government said would not have been possible without the support of China.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday in New York he had met with Chinese FM Wang Yi and that China's top diplomat had expressed even more strongly the support for Serbia's territorial integrity regarding the Kosovo-Metohija province.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Chinese FM Wang Yi during the UN General Assembly session in New York to present the increasingly difficult situation of Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and request China's support in the fight for the truth and respect of international law.

The Anti-Money Laundering Authority has launched thorough investigations into the opaque world of the Golden Visa program following information from Chinese authorities, delivered to the head of the Authority and honorary Supreme Court prosecutor, Charalambos Vourliotis, about illegal syndicates surrounding property purchases in Greece.

A man walks by a fruits vendor waiting for customers outside a luxury housing construction site in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

China's central bank on Wednesday said it would slash another key interest rate, a day after it unveiled a raft of new measures aimed at boosting its ailing economy.

China said it test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, firing it into the Pacific Ocean in its first such exercise in decades.

Beijing has stepped up its nuclear development and boosted defense spending in recent years, with the Pentagon last October warning China was developing its arsenal more quickly than the United States had anticipated.