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S.Africa G20 declaration highlights: minerals, debt, climate
Johannesburg (AFP) - Leaders from the G20 group of top economies endorsed Saturday a declaration at a summit in South...
Amazon summit seals climate deal without fossil fuel plan
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - Nations sealed a modest deal at the UN climate summit in the Amazon Saturday, as Europe...
G20 threatened by geopolitical fractures, leaders warn
Johannesburg (AFP) - The G20's role in fixing economic crises is threatened by geopolitical fractures and competition, leaders warned Saturday...
UN climate talks deadlocked as EU pushes fossil-fuel phaseout
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - The UN's COP30 climate talks spilled into overtime on Saturday, with the European Union in a...
Fossil fuel fight threatens to sink COP30 as negotiations run into overtime
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - Negotiations at COP30 climate talks in Brazil ran into overtime on Saturday with no agreement struck...
Japan businesses brush off worries over China tourists
Tokyo (AFP) - Shiina Ito has had fewer Chinese customers at her Tokyo jewellery shop since Beijing issued a travel...
G20 summit opens in South Africa without Trump
Johannesburg (AFP) - A US-European rift over the future of Ukraine is set to overshadow a G20 summit starting in...
UN climate summit pushes into overtime as nations clash over fossil fuels
Belém (Brazil) (AFP) - Negotiators pushed into overtime Friday to salvage UN climate talks in Brazil as a bitter fight...
Modest momentum for US stocks after tech-fuelled Asia rout
London (AFP) - US markets moved ahead while European counterparts marked time Friday in response to sharp losses in Asia...
Japan’s Takaichi insists $135 bn stimulus fiscally ‘responsible’
Tokyo (AFP) - Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi insisted that a $135-billion stimulus package approved Friday was fiscally responsible and...
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