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                    [Title] => US to hold UN summit to combat financing of extremist groups
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The United States is organizing a summit of finance ministers from U.N. Security Council nations aimed at strengthening global efforts to combat "the financing of terrorism" — especially methods used by Islamic State extremists.

[DatePublished] => 2015-12-04 18:23:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1289604 [AuthorName] => Edith M. Lederer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151202/isis-united-nations.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1495501 [Title] => IMF: China, tumbling commodity prices threaten world economy [Summary] =>

China's slowdown, volatile financial markets and tumbling raw-materials prices have raised the risks to economic growth around the world, the International Monetary Fund reported Wednesday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-09-02 18:45:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1645203 [AuthorName] => Paul Wiseman [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/business/business-main/20150903/china-world-economy.jpg ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1494711 [Title] => Obama offended by attacks on Jews who back Iran deal [Summary] =>

President Barack Obama said people who attack Jews who support the Iran nuclear deal are like African-Americans who differ with him on policy and then conclude he's "not black enough."

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-31 17:13:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1398237 [Title] => Weak euro becoming key to Europe's recovery [Summary] =>

If that creme brulee in a Paris cafe seems a bit cheaper for US tourists next summer, they may have the European Central Bank to thank for it.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-02 02:30:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249348 [AuthorName] => David Mchugh [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1377846 [Title] => Lew calls for more efforts to boost global growth [Summary] =>

Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said yesterday that the US economy is strengthening, but he is concerned that other nations are not doing their part to boost global growth.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-08 05:09:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500729 [AuthorName] => Martin Crutsinger [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1344619 [Title] => China says it's up to US to drive global economy [Summary] =>

China's finance minister said yesterday that the country is not planning any new stimulus measures and it is up to the United States to drive the global economy.

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US President Barack Obama on Saturday signed a bill that lifts the country's debt ceiling through March 15, 2015, declaring a halt of the fierce bipartisan contention on the issue in a year of Congressional election.

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Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew makes a five-nation swing through Asia next week and will reiterate that completion of an ambitious trans-Pacific trade pact by the year's end remains a top U.S. priority.

[DatePublished] => 2013-11-09 05:00:48 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1244815 [Title] => World Bank chief urges US to break fiscal impasse [Summary] =>

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim on Saturday urged US policymakers to end the ongoing fiscal deadlock in a timely manner to avoid negative spillovers on the global economy.

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China's leader Xi Jinping held his first meeting Tuesday with a foreign official since being appointed president, conferring with U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew as the two nations re-engaged following a months-long hiatus during the Chinese leadership transition.

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