In India, G20 finance chiefs set to address global challenges like climate change and rising debt | AP News

In India, G20 finance chiefs set to address global challenges like climate change and rising debt | AP News

NEW DELHI (AP) — Finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations meeting in India on Monday are poised to address critical global economic challenges, including the threats posed by climate change and rising debt among low-income countries.Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the two countries were working together

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EU and Latin American leaders hold a summit hoping to rekindle relationship with long-lost friends | AP News

EU and Latin American leaders hold a summit hoping to rekindle relationship with long-lost friends | AP News

BRUSSELS (AP) — Leaders from the European Union and Latin America are gathering for a major summit of long-lost relatives starting on Monday. Whether it will be a joyful meeting of long-lost friends remains to be seen.Their last such encounter was eight years ago. Since then, the COVID-19 pandemic and Brazil’s three-year departure from the

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French tourism businesses are wary of customers drying up as droughts worsen | AP News

French tourism businesses are wary of customers drying up as droughts worsen | AP News

SAINTE-CROIX du VERDON, France (AP) — At the pristine southern French lake of Sainte-Croix-du-Verdon, tourists in pedal boats and on white water rafts — and the businesses that welcome them — have been buoyed by generous rainfall and good water management this spring.After a prolonged drought last summer, then another in the winter that followed

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Climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing talks as US seeks to raise China relations from historic low | AP News

Climate envoy John Kerry in Beijing talks as US seeks to raise China relations from historic low | AP News

BEIJING (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was holding talks Monday with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing as the U.S. seeks to restore contacts amid disputes over trade, Taiwan, human rights and territorial claims. China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Kerry was meeting Monday with Xie Zhenhua for the first extensive face-to-face climate discussions

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China’s economy grew a lower than expected 6.3% in the second quarter, as post-COVID recovery slowed | AP News

China’s economy grew a lower than expected 6.3% in the second quarter, as post-COVID recovery slowed | AP News

HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy grew at a 6.3% annual pace in the April-June quarter, much slower than analysts had forecast given the anemic pace of growth the year before. Quarterly growth, the usual measure for other major economies, was 0.8%, according to government data released Monday, in line with expectations but down sharply

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Traffic on key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland halted amid reports of explosions | AP News

Traffic on key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland halted amid reports of explosions | AP News

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Traffic on the key bridge connecting Crimea to Russia’s mainland has been halted amid reports of explosions.The governor of Crimea, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, announced the closure early Monday but did not specify the reason.News reports said local residents heard explosions before dawn, but there was no confirmation.

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