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Russia faces blame as G20 tackles Ukraine war, soaring food prices
Russia faces blame as G20 tackles Ukraine war, soaring food prices
by  AFP

The United States and allies will heap pressure on Russia Tuesday to end the Ukraine war, pinning painfully high global food and fuel prices squarely at Vladimir Putin's door during a G20 summit. US allies hope their argument about the need to up pressure on Putin finds favour with G20 nations that, while cautious about denouncing Russia, are deeply concerned about rising prices.

UN climate talks enter home stretch with deep divides
UN climate talks enter home stretch with deep divides
by  AFP

COP27 entered its final week Monday with rich carbon polluters and developing nations at loggerheads over how to speed up and fund reductions in emissions to slow global warming. There are also deep divisions over calls to create a "loss and damage" fund through which rich polluters would compensate developing nations for the destruction caused by climate-induced natural disasters.

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