Tag Archives: Group of Twenty

The New York Times 11:00 am on June 12, 2021
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Angela Merkel Makes a Low-Key Farewell at the G7 Summit

The German chancellor, known for her commitment to compromise, is eager to revive deal-making on multilateral policy, joining the world’s top democratic leaders one last time. Can she be replaced?

#european-union, #germany, #global-warming, #group-of-eight, #group-of-seven, #group-of-twenty, #merkel-angela, #politics-and-government

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The New York Times 9:00 am on April 7, 2021
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How Debt and Climate Change Pose a ‘Systemic Risk to the Global Economy’

With dozens of countries struggling to manage both staggering debt and mounting climate disasters, some financial leaders are debating green debt relief.

#belize, #coast-erosion, #credit-and-debt, #credit-ratings-and-credit-rating-agencies, #disasters-and-emergencies, #drought, #fiji, #global-warming, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #group-of-twenty, #hurricanes-and-tropical-storms, #international-monetary-fund, #mozambique, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change, #world-bank

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The New York Times 3:03 pm on November 23, 2020
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Israeli Reports Say Netanyahu Met Saudi Crown Prince, but Saudis Deny It

The reported visit on Sunday night, amid talk of warming relations, would be the first known meeting between high-level Israeli and Saudi leaders.

#group-of-twenty, #international-relations, #israel, #mohammed-bin-salman-1985, #netanyahu-benjamin, #pompeo-mike, #saudi-arabia

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The New York Times 9:28 am on November 23, 2020
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Netanyahu Meets With Saudi Crown Prince

The reported visit on Sunday night would be the first known meeting between high-level Israeli and Saudi leaders.

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The New York Times 11:48 pm on November 22, 2020
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G20 Summit Closes With Little Progress and Big Gaps Between Trump and Allies

World leaders committed to some efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic, but the meeting illustrated the difficulty of carrying out an agenda when the United States is indifferent or hostile to many goals.

#arms-control-and-limitation-and-disarmament, #biden-joseph-r-jr, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #global-warming, #group-of-twenty, #international-trade-and-world-market, #presidential-election-of-2020, #trump-donald-j, #united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change, #united-states-economy, #united-states-international-relations, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 3:37 pm on November 21, 2020
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At G-20, Saudi Arabia and Human Rights Activists Fight Over Kingdom’s Image

As the summit’s host, the kingdom hopes to showcase its advances, while critics see an opportunity to pounce. But the virtual event will have a lower profile.

#assassinations-and-attempted-assassinations, #group-of-twenty, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #human-rights-watch, #mohammed-bin-salman-1985, #political-prisoners, #riyadh-saudi-arabia, #womens-rights

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The New York Times 10:00 am on November 1, 2020
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How the Wealthy World Has Failed Poor Countries During the Pandemic

Despite pledges for debt relief and expanded programs, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund have delivered meager aid, say economists.

#banking-and-financial-institutions, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #georgieva-kristalina-ivanova, #group-of-twenty, #international-monetary-fund, #malpass-david, #mnuchin-steven-t, #poverty, #stimulus-economic, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #united-states-economy, #united-states-politics-and-government, #world-bank

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The New York Times 6:48 pm on August 17, 2020
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Toronto Police to Pay $12.5 Million to Protesters Arrested During 2010 G-20 Summit

Brutal police tactics during the global meeting shocked many Canadians, led to 1,100 arrests and were found unlawful.

#canada, #demonstrations-protests-and-riots, #group-of-twenty, #police-brutality-misconduct-and-shootings, #toronto-ontario

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 1, 2020
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Poor Countries Face a Debt Crisis ‘Unlike Anything We Have Seen’

Dozens of countries that borrowed from private investors have debt payments coming due as their economies have crashed because of the coronavirus.

#angola, #argentina, #banking-and-financial-institutions, #brazil, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #credit-and-debt, #currency, #group-of-twenty, #institute-of-international-finance, #international-monetary-fund, #latin-america, #shutdowns-institutional, #third-world-and-developing-countries, #world-bank

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The New York Times 9:02 am on April 30, 2020
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To Fight Coronavirus, Poor Nations Need Their Debt Canceled

Delaying the repayments to the Group of 20 is not enough.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #economic-conditions-and-trends, #epidemics, #group-of-twenty, #income, #international-monetary-fund, #recession-and-depression

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The New York Times 6:08 am on April 28, 2020
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A Time to Save the Sick and Rescue the Planet

With closer cooperation among nations, the head of the United Nations argues, we could stop a pandemic faster and slow climate change.

#alternative-and-renewable-energy, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #economic-conditions-and-trends, #european-union, #global-warming, #great-britain, #green-new-deal, #greenhouse-gas-emissions, #group-of-twenty, #international-renewable-energy-agency, #italy, #japan, #middle-east-and-africa-migrant-crisis, #mizuho-financial-group-inc, #paris-france, #quarantines, #united-nations, #united-nations-convention-on-biological-diversity, #united-nations-framework-convention-on-climate-change, #world-meteorological-organization

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The New York Times 2:51 am on March 10, 2020
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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Had Been Lying Low. That’s Over.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman seemed to be keeping a low profile. Then he detained senior members of the royal family and started an oil price war.

#ahmed-bin-abdulaziz-prince-of-saudi-arabia, #group-of-twenty, #khashoggi-jamal, #mohammed-bin-nayef, #mohammed-bin-salman-1985, #oil-petroleum-and-gasoline, #politics-and-government, #riyadh-saudi-arabia, #salman-king-of-saudi-arabia, #saudi-arabia, #saudi-aramco

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