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G20 leaders agree to step up Afghan humanitarian effort
The European Union opened the talks by pledging one billion euros ($1.2-billion), including money for urgent humanitarian needs and Afghanistan's neighbours who...
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Ramaphosa in Germany for the G20 Compact with Africa meeting
President Cyril Ramaphosa is accompanied by Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor at the Berlin event initiated under the G20 German Presidency in 2017.
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G20 ministers set to green light global tax reform
The framework for reform, including a minimum global corporation tax rate of 15%, was agreed upon by 131 countries earlier this month and could be in place by 2023.
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Global tax reform tops G20 meet in Venice
The countries of the G20 have already signed up to a framework for reform agreed on 1 July among members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, notably for a global minimum corporation tax rate of 15%.
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Global tax reform plan goes to the G20
On the face of it, the Group of 20 -- the world's 19 biggest economies plus the European Union -- have already backed the framework for global tax reform, agreed on July 1 among members of the OECD alongside China and India.
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Global tax still far from becoming reality
After the accolades, an agreement among the world's wealthiest countries to set a global minimum tax on the biggest companies now faces a long, bumpy road to implementation.
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US pushing G20 for global minimum corporate tax: Yellen
Just days after President Joe Biden announced plans to raise corporate taxes to finance a massive $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs program, Yellen said a collective international effort would end the "race to the bottom" on taxation.
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Climate report cautions against COVID interventions that favour fossil fuel
The Climate Transparency International Report provides an annual review of climate change and mitigating action by G20 countries and gives an update on their transition to a net-zero emissions economy.
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G20 leaders pledge fair distribution of coronavirus vaccine
Saudi Arabia's King Salman said that the "spirit of cooperation" was needed now "more than ever to face the impact of the pandemic.
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US approves COVID-19 therapy, G20 pushes for global vaccine access
The antibody therapy approval in the United States offers some hope for those infected, though a relatively small number of doses will be available in the coming weeks.
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G20 to extend debt relief for poor countries by six months
The initiative will now be extended until the end of June next year, G20 finance ministers and central bankers said after a virtual meeting hosted by the group's current president Saudi Arabia.
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IMF chief warns global economy 'not out of the woods yet'
The Washington-based crisis lender late last month downgraded its growth forecasts, and now expects global GDP to fall by 4.9% this year due to the deeper contraction during lockdowns.
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COVID-19, the knockout punch for multilateralism?
Regional and international organisations from the European Union to the United Nations have not managed to muster a coordinated response to the pandemic, while even economic organisations like OPEC have failed to halt the slide on markets.
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G20 says COVID-19 exposed healthcare's weaknesses, but stays mum on Trump
The G20 statement was silent on US President Donald Trump's decision last week to cut off Washington's bilateral funding to the World Health Organisation.
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World powers vow united front on virus as death toll mounts
Leaders from the G20 most industrialised nations held crisis talks by video link Thursday, pledging a 'united front' to fight the outbreak - along with an enormous financial injection to prop up the economy.
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Putin hits back as Trump fuels G20 tensions
Vladimir Putin, under pressure himself after his security forces seized three Ukrainian ships, set the tone by condemning the 'vicious' use of sanctions and trade protectionism.
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Macron vows 'no retreat' on reform
Macron made no direct mention of the "yellow vests," the growing movement in France of protesters who have dressed in the quickly recognisable jackets of emergency workers.
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Trump-Putin: A rapprochement unrealised
After having promised during his 2016 electoral campaign to mend ties with Russia, the US president faced several global disputes that made a thaw difficult.
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Trump heads to G20 primed for new conflicts
The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.
