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Nicaragua’s Ortega proposes making him and wife ‘co-presidents’
Vice-President Rosario Murillo has become the face of the government as her husband rarely makes public appearances.
21 Nov 2024 - 11:12AM
Xi Jinping and Brazilian president Lula sign 37 trade and development deals
21 Nov 2024 - 7:16AM
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US calls Venezuela opposition’s Gonzalez ‘president-elect’
20 Nov 2024 - 2:33PM
Americas
Bodies burned in streets after Haiti police, civilians kill 28 suspected gang members
Grisly scenes in Haiti’s capital as residents stand with police in a battle to repel the latest gang attack.
20 Nov 2024 - 11:34AM
Residents question a person who is not from the neighbourhood after an attempted overnight attack by gangs. Photo: Reuters
Diplomacy
At G20, China’s Xi Jinping meets with leaders of Germany, France, Argentina
Germany’s Scholz stresses the importance of ‘a level playing field for companies on all sides’.
20 Nov 2024 - 4:27AM
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China
G20 ends with call for urgent action on climate, global health, women’s rights
‘We only scratched the surface of the deep challenges the world has to face,’ Brazilian host says as gathering of world leaders concludes.
20 Nov 2024 - 5:23AM
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Global Economy
Brazilian envoy says Chinese new energy investments welcome
Brazilian diplomat says country’s ‘huge’ potential in new energy makes it an appealing venue for Chinese investment.
21 Nov 2024 - 9:17AM
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Americas
Police arrest ex-Bolsonaro aide, 4 others, in alleged plot to kill Brazil’s Lula
The alleged plot involved killing Lula and his vice-president, and installing an “Institutional Crisis Management Office” to manage the coup’s aftermath.
19 Nov 2024 - 11:31PM
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva looks on during the second session of the G20 Leaders’ Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 18. Photo: AFP
Americas
Biden, Trudeau miss G20 family photo with world leaders
A US official blamed ‘logistical issues’ and said the group photo was taken early.
19 Nov 2024 - 5:11PM
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China
G20 leaders’ declaration urges ‘action’ on wars, climate change
Statement hopeful about ‘soft landing’ for global economy as its silence on North Korean support for Russia reveals China’s sway.
19 Nov 2024 - 8:40AM
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Diplomacy
At G20, Xi and Albanese discuss improved China-Australia trade relations
Both leaders note progress, with the Australian prime minister saying: ‘Trade is flowing more freely to the benefit of both countries.’.
19 Nov 2024 - 4:50AM
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China
G20 summit begins with Brazilian host laying out ambitious global priorities
Anti-poverty agenda set by Brazil’s leader gains some initial support, but progress is threatened by instability and conflict around the world.
21 Nov 2024 - 6:44AM
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The G20 Summit opens on Monday at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: EPA-EFE
Americas
UK’s Starmer says will meet China’s Xi at G20 summit in Brazil
Keir Starmer will be the first UK prime minister to meet China’s president since Theresa May in 2018.
18 Nov 2024 - 3:52PM
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Americas
UN chief urges G20 ‘leadership’ on stalled climate talks
Antonio Guterres said the spotlight was on G20 countries, which account for 80 per cent of global emissions.
18 Nov 2024 - 8:20AM
Americas
Biden becomes first sitting US president to visit Amazon rainforest
US president flew over the jungle in a helicopter and met with Indigenous leaders, before heading to the G20 summit in Rio.
18 Nov 2024 - 4:39PM
Americas
World watches Rio for G20 climate talks breakthrough
Negotiators at UN talks in Azerbaijan hit an impasse on climate finance that they hope leaders of the world’s 20 major economies can break.
17 Nov 2024 - 8:30PM
Giant portraits of (left to right) US President Joe Biden, China’s President Xi Jinping, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin, and Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, submerged by indigenous people to protest the lack of leadership among the world’s richest nations on addressing the anthropogenic climate and biodiversity crisis, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday.
Americas
Brazil’s first lady insults Elon Musk at G20 social event
The swear word incident adds a new twist to Brazil’s already strained relationship with the tech billionaire right before the G20.
17 Nov 2024 - 11:50AM
Americas
Venezuela frees more than 200 prisoners detained after election
The releases come after President Maduro said authorities would review the cases of those who might have been mistakenly arrested.
17 Nov 2024 - 11:05AM
Hong Kong economy
Hong Kong says new free-trade pact with Peru will spur business opportunities
Peruvian leader calls deal ‘new impetus for our companies to access one of the most competitive and dynamic markets in the world’.
17 Nov 2024 - 12:45AM
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Diplomacy
Xi touts China as globalisation leader, draws contrast with US under Trump
Shared growth stressed on Apec sidelines in Peru as Chinese leader tells CEOs that Beijing’s economic and financial woes can be fixed.
16 Nov 2024 - 7:35AM
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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Government Palace in Lima, Peru, on November 14, 2024. Photo: Zuma Press Wire/dpa
Diplomacy
Xi hails Peru megaport as new era in China’s belt and road ambitions
The Chinese leader and his Peruvian counterpart officially opened Chancay Port ‘connecting the Inca trail and the maritime silk road’.
16 Nov 2024 - 2:08AM
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Diplomacy
Xi arrives in Peru for Apec, ready to sign 30 bilateral deals for China
A focal point of his visit will be the virtual inauguration of the South American country’s US$3.5 billion port funded by Beijing.
15 Nov 2024 - 10:09AM
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US Elections
For lame duck Biden, an anticlimactic exit from the world stage
Outgoing US president, who will give way to Donald Trump in two months, has little to no clout at upcoming global summits.
15 Nov 2024 - 12:29AM
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Open Questions series
Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete
12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PM
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South China Sea flare-up risk ‘much higher’: Taiwan’s former unofficial US envoy
21 May 2024 - 11:54AM
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Historian on why we aren’t heading towards WWIII yet and how wars have changed
8 Nov 2024 - 12:01AM
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China’s evolving role in Middle East conflicts, according to an academic
29 Aug 2024 - 10:09AM
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This economist says China’s property oversupply is far from over. Here’s why
6 Aug 2024 - 9:19AM
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Ex-World Bank economist on why ‘China will not be misled’, dodging Japan’s fate
5 Aug 2024 - 8:16PM
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Arthur Kroeber: why China decoupling is unlikely, and talk of reform incomplete
12 Jul 2024 - 1:46PM
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South China Sea flare-up risk ‘much higher’: Taiwan’s former unofficial US envoy
21 May 2024 - 11:54AM
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