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G20 leaders to grapple with climate, taxes, Trump comeback
G20 leaders to grapple with climate, taxes, Trump comeback
by  AFP

G20 leaders gather in Brazil on Monday to discuss fighting poverty, boosting climate financing and other multilateral initiatives that could yet be upended by Donald Trump's impending return to the White House. - Taxing billionaires - The summit will open on Monday with Lula, a former steelworker who grew up in poverty, launching a "Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty."

Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon to be sentenced for fraud
Disgraced Singapore oil tycoon to be sentenced for fraud
by  AFP

The founder of a failed Singapore oil trading company will be sentenced Monday for cheating banking giant HSBC out of millions of dollars in one of the country's most serious cases of fraud. Prosecutors said he tricked HSBC into disbursing nearly $112 million by telling the bank that his firm had entered into oil sales contracts with two companies.

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