Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Monday the world faces “turbulence,” as G20 leaders met in Brazil two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House.US President Joe Biden was attending his last summit of the world’s leading economies, but as a lame duck eclipsed by Xi who has cast himself as a protector of the …
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Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Monday the world faces “a new period of major changes” as G20 leaders met in Brazil two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House.US President Joe Biden was attending his last summit of the world’s leading economies, but as a lame duck eclipsed by Xi who has cast himself …
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French farmers launched Monday a new wave of action to protest a proposed trade pact between the European Union and four South American countries, which they say threatens their livelihoods.Angry demonstrators staged dozens of rallies across the country, setting up mock gallows and erecting wooden crosses to symbolise the death of French agriculture.The new wave …
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva opened a G20 summit in Rio by launching an alliance to curb world hunger, which he called a “scourge that shames humanity.””This alliance was born of the G20, but it is global. Let this summit be marked by the courage to act,” Lula told leaders of the biggest …
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Efforts to reach dozens of people trapped under the rubble of a multi-storey residential building in devastated north Gaza carried on Monday, the civil defence agency said, despite persistent fighting.Rescuers on Sunday said they had pulled at least 34 bodies — including women and children — from rubble of the building in the Beit Lahia …
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The UN’s climate chief told countries at the deadlocked COP29 summit on Monday to “cut the theatrics” as pressure mounts on G20 leaders to deliver a breakthrough.As the UN climate talks limp into a second week in Azerbaijan, the world is no closer to a finance deal for poorer countries that will determine the success …
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President-elect Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he plans to declare a national emergency on border security and use the US military to carry out a mass deportation of undocumented migrants.Immigration was a top issue in the election campaign, and Trump has promised to deport millions and stabilize the border with Mexico after record numbers of …
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Schools in Beirut were closed on Monday after rare strikes on central districts of the Lebanese capital killed six people including Hezbollah’s spokesman, the latest senior figure slain by Israel.Israel escalated its bombardment of Hezbollah strongholds in late September, vowing to secure its northern border with Lebanon to allow Israelis displaced by cross-border fire to …
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Floodwaters hit hundreds of houses in the northern Philippines on Monday after water released from a dam following Typhoon Man-yi caused a major river to break its banks.Packing maximum sustained wind speeds of 185 kilometres (115 miles) an hour, Man-yi slammed into Catanduanes island late Saturday, and the main island of Luzon on Sunday afternoon.The …
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G20 leaders began arriving for a summit in Brazil on Monday to try reignite deadlocked climate talks and overcome their differences on the Middle East and Ukraine wars ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House.US President Joe Biden will attend his last summit of the world’s leading economies, but as a lame duck …
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