G20’s legitimacy depends on treatment of world’s poorest, UNDP chief says
Sao Paulo, Brazil Reuters The legitimacy of the Group of 20 economic powers depends on its impact on the world’s poorest people, not just controlling inflation, the head of the United Nations Development Programme said on Tuesday. Finance ministers from the G20 are meeting in Brazil this week with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva […]
Brazil calls for UN overhaul at meeting of G20 ministers in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Reuters Brazil opened a conference of foreign ministers from the G20 group of nations on Wednesday by blaming the United Nations and other multi-national bodies for failing to stop mounting wars and conflicts that are killing innocent people. Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira called for “profound reform” of global governance as Brazil’s […]
G20 summit wraps up in New Delhi; Macron says it confirms isolation of Russia
New Delhi, India Reuters The G20 summit in New Delhi ended on Sunday as India handed over the bloc presidency to Brazil, while both the US and Russia praised a consensus that did not condemn Moscow for the war in Ukraine but called on members to shun the use of force. Indian Prime Minister Narendra […]
UN agency calls for debt pause option as poverty rates rise
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A United Nations agency urged global finance ministers to give poor countries debt repayment breaks, estimating the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent surge in inflation and borrowing costs had pushed an extra 165 million people into poverty. The UN Development Programme said the jump meant more than 20 per cent of the world’s population – around […]
Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, Blinken tells Lavrov US will back Kyiv all the way
Chasiv Yar, Ukraine Reuters Ukrainian forces held out in the eastern city of Bakhmut against Russian attackers on Thursday, while the top US diplomat told his Russian counterpart in their first face-to-face encounter since the invasion that the Kremlin must stop the war. In Moscow, President Vladimir Putin said Russia had been hit by what […]
COP27 negotiators still far apart on strong climate deal
Sharm el-Sheikh, EgyptReuters Countries were far from agreeing the contours of a climate deal at the COP27 summit in Egypt on Wednesday, with the host country urging negotiators to resolve their differences ahead of a weekend deadline. The outcome of the conference in Sharm el-Sheikh is a test of world resolve to tackle global warming […]
Updated: Biden says missile that killed two in Poland may not have come from Russia
Updated: 2:50pm (AEST)Warsaw, Poland/Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters A missile that killed two people in Poland was probably not fired from Russia, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday after an emergency meeting of NATO leaders called to discuss what Poland called a strike by a Russia-made projectile. The explosion on Tuesday at a grain facility near […]
G20 summit opens in Bali with a plea for unity as Ukraine war tops agenda
Nusa Dua, Indonesia Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations on Tuesday that now was the time to stop Russia’s war in his country under a peace plan he has proposed. He spoke by videolink to leaders of the Group of 20 nations who have gathered for a summit on […]
Biggest rainforest nations form triple alliance to save jungle
Nusa Dua, Indonesia Reuters The world’s three largest rainforest nations Brazil, Democratic Republic of Congo and Indonesia on Monday formally launched a partnership to cooperate on forest preservation after a decade of on-off talks on a trilateral alliance. Reuters reported in August that Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, elected as Brazil’s President at the end […]
Biden and Xi clash over Taiwan in Bali but Cold War fears cool
Nusa Dua, Indonesia Reuters US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping engaged in blunt talks over Taiwan and North Korea on Monday in a three-hour meeting aimed at preventing strained US-China ties from spilling into a new Cold War. Amid simmering differences on human rights, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and support of domestic […]