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☆ Nigerian election tribunal to decide if Tinubu stays as president
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Camillus Eboh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria, arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsABUJA, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Nigeria's presidential election tribunal is due to rule on Wednesday on whether Bola Tinubu should stay as president after two rivals challenged his victory in February's disputed vote. There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none have succeeded. The tribunal, which will deliver its ruling in the capital Abuja, has the power to cancel an election and order a fresh one, among other remedies. Tinubu, who is in India ahead of a G20 Summit, has defended his victory and says he is focused on reviving the economy.

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Lewis Joly, Bola, February's, Atiku Abubakar, Peter Obi, Atiku, Obi, Muhammadu Buhari, MacDonald Dzirutwe, Alison Williams Organizations: New Global Financial, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Tinubu's, People's Democratic Party, Labour, Thomson Locations: Nigeria, Paris, France, Rights ABUJA, Abuja, India

☆ Nigeria mulls G20 bloc membership, president to attend summit in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( Felix Onuah | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

President Bola Tinubu will leave on Monday to attend the G20 summit in India at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, spokesperson Ajuri Ngelale said. "While Nigeria's membership of the G-20 is desirable, the government has embarked on wide-ranging consultations with a view to ascertaining the benefits and risks of membership," Ngelale said in a statement. Tinubu's attendance was in part to further Nigeria's membership objective, he said. On Friday, Ngelale said Tinubu will attend the G20 summit to try to promote foreign investment in Nigeria and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure. Tinubu will attend the summit with some of his cabinet members including foreign affairs, finance and trade ministers.

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Lewis Joly, Narendra Modi, Ajuri Ngelale, Ngelale, Tinubu, Felix Onuah, Chijioke Ohuocha, Andrew Cawthorne, Angus MacSwan Organizations: New Global Financial, Rights, Thomson Locations: Nigeria, Paris, France, Rights ABUJA, India, South Africa

☆ The $128 billion retail media industry is the hottest space in advertising right now — and its growth tear is coming at the expense of Google and TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

US search spend on retail media properties is expected to grow 18.7% this year, while search spend outside retail media is expected to grow just 5%, per Insider Intelligence. Despite offering Shopping Ads and analytics and order management tools, industry analysts usually don't consider Google as a retail media operator. AdvertisementAdvertisementHowever, not all retail media spend is coming at the expense of Google and traditional advertising channels. Forrester's second-quarter marketing CMO pulse survey found that the majority of retail media spend is coming from existing trade and shopper marketing budgets. Retailers are cannibalizing those budgets to fuel growth of their retail media networks, said Nikhil Lai, senior analyst at Forrester.

Persons: —, Alex Brownsell, Bill Fisher, Nikhil Lai, Forrester's Lai Organizations: Google, Walmart, Service, Retail, Intelligence, Kroger, Forrester, Apple, Instacart Locations: Amazon, Wall, Silicon, Instacart

☆ Nigeria's Tinubu to attend G20 summit in India to promote investment
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Felix Onuah | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Bola Tinubu, President of Nigeria, arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsABUJA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu plans to attend the G20 summit in India this month to try to promote foreign investment in Africa's largest economy and mobilize global capital to develop infrastructure, his spokesman said on Friday. The summit in India will hold on Sept 9 and 10. Ngelale said Tinubu will meet leaders from Brazil, India, South Korea and Germany on the sidelines of the G20. Tinubu also plans to meet Indian executives, including Jindal Steel and Power Company, among others, Ngelale said.

Persons: Bola Tinubu, Lewis Joly, Tinubu, Ajuri Ngelale, Ngelale, India's Bharti, Joe Biden, Felix Onuah, Chijioke Ohuocha, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: New Global Financial, Rights, Jindal Steel, Power Company, India's, India's Bharti Airtel, U.S, United Nations General Assembly, Thomson Locations: Nigeria, Paris, France, Rights ABUJA, India, West African, Brazil, South Korea, Germany, Africa, New York

☆ IMF managing director to meet leaders in China, go to Indonesia, India
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva attends in a round table to discuss global economy during the New Global Financial Pact Summit at the Palais Brongniart in Paris, France June 22, 2023. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Aug 29 (Reuters) - International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva will visit China from Wednesday to meet with top leaders, before travelling to Indonesia and India for ASEAN and Group of 20 summits, an IMF spokesperson said on Tuesday. "During Aug. 30 to Sept. 3 the Managing Director will be visiting China to engage in bilateral discussions with China's senior leadership team," they said. Last month, the IMF raised its 2023 global growth estimates slightly given resilient economic activity in the first quarter, but warned that persistent challenges were curtailing the medium-term outlook. Georgieva will be in Jakarta from Sept. 4 to Sept. 7 and New Delhi from Sept. 8 to Sept. 10, the spokesperson added.

Persons: Kristalina Georgieva, Ludovic Marin, China's, Georgieva, Joe Cash, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: International Monetary Fund, New Global Financial, Palais, Rights, Monetary Fund, China, ASEAN, Group, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Fund, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Rights BEIJING, Indonesia, India, China, Jakarta, New Delhi

☆ The workplace can be rough for menopausal women. Employers are starting to step up
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“The very topic of menopause has been taboo, particularly in the workplace, potentially further exacerbating the psychological burden of menopause symptoms,” the Mayo researchers noted. A 57-year old woman who has worked for years in the construction industry said she first experienced severe menopausal symptoms in her previous job. Menopausal symptoms might not be as troublesome at work if women could access more reliable information and care from their regular doctors. The plan lets any employee take up to 10 days off to address self-care issues of any kind, which the company notes can include dealing with menopausal symptoms. It was an attempt to find a way to help employees deal with their symptoms in ways they needed, Falcione told CNN.

Persons: “, ”, Mercer, it’s, White, “ I’ll, I’m, didn’t, Stephanie Faubion, you’re, ” Faubion, Faubion, Aaron Falcione, Falcione, Corina Leu, Leu Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, Mayo Clinic, Mayo, Mayo Clinic’s Center, Women’s Health, Merck, Mercer Locations: New York, United States, ”, Mayo

The company established the Allianz Global Diversified Private Debt Fund (AGDPDF) II in Luxembourg in mid-June, company filings show. Money managers are vying for a slice of the growing private credit market, which emerged in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and is currently estimated to have assets of $1.5 trillion. Private credit funds are increasingly competing with banks, including for financing large company buyouts. The fastest escalation in borrowing costs in decades has posed a test for private credit but so far defaults by borrowers have been limited. Rather than lending directly, the Allianz Global Diversified Private Debt Fund invests in other credit funds and also makes co-investments.

Persons: Michaela Rehle, Proskauer, Pablo Mayo, Elisa Martinuzzi, Jane Merriman Organizations: Allianz, REUTERS, Allianz Global Investors, Allianz Global, Debt Fund, Fund, Reuters, Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro, Thomson Locations: Unterfoehring, Munich, Luxembourg, London

☆ Column: China's shrewd grab for green energy recycling dominance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Gavin Maguire | Thomson Reuters | Gavin Maguire Is The Global Energy Transition Columnist. He Was Previously Asia Commodities | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Wind turbines and solar panels are seen at a wind and solar energy storage and transmission power station from State Grid Corporation of China, in Zhangjiakou of Hebei province, China, March 18, 2016. GLOBAL REACH WITH BACKHAUL POTENTIALChina's recyclers also have strong international supply lines thanks to the country's vast export-oriented manufacturing sector and resulting dominance in global shipping container trade. ECO-FRIENDLY ECOSYSTEMSChina's plan to develop a large scale recycling sector for the renewables industry is in keeping with the country's practice of developing interdependent ecosystems around key industries. The country aims to develop similar strongholds in auto and electronics manufacturing, and may now extend that framework to the renewables energy sector, which Beijing has identified as a key industry for the remainder of this century. For recycling firms based elsewhere that had been planning to scale up their handling of older green energy equipment, the prospect of a government-backed competitor in China may be a cause for concern.

Persons: Jason Lee, recyclers, China's, Gavin Maguire, Jamie Freed Organizations: Grid Corporation of, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Grid Corporation of China, Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China, LITTLETON , Colorado, United States, Asia, Beijing

☆ Employees in Asia are spending the most time looking busy at work, says Slack report
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Workers in Asia are spending the most time on "performative work" — in other words, focusing on appearing busy more than doing real, productive work. Japan (63%), Singapore (63%) and India (57%) were ranked lowest for percentage of time spent on productive or "real work," Slack said. According to Laney, employees' focus on appearing busy is "likely influenced" by the way leaders are measuring productivity. For example, 44% of Singapore employees — the highest globally — say their productivity has been affected by spending "too much time" in meetings and emails. "There is an opportunity for companies to explore new and different ways of working, such as … adopting asynchronous ways of working rather than meetings, to facilitate more effective collaboration at work," Laney said.

Persons: Derek Laney, Slack, Laney, they're Organizations: Asia Pacific . Workers, Salesforce, Global, U.S, Derek Laney Technology, Employees Locations: Asia, India, Japan, Singapore, France, Kingdom, Australia, Germany, States, Korea, South Korea

☆ 'Massive shift': Older people will exceed a quarter of G7's workforce by 2031, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Goh Chiew Tong | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

In the Group of Seven countries, Bain predicts, older and experienced workers will make up more than quarter of the workforce by 2031. "That's a massive shift," Andrew Schwedel, partner at Bain & Company, told CNBC's "Squawk Box Asia" on Tuesday. What older workers wantIn recent years, countries around the world have been increasing retirement ages — but not without pushback. "That speaks to some of the different things that companies need to do if they're trying to appeal to younger workers versus older workers." How to retain older workersIt is also crucial for companies to design workplace experiences that tap into the motivations of older workers, said Schwedel.

Persons: Bain, Andrew Schwedel, CNBC's, Schwedel Organizations: Bain & Company, Companies Locations: Japan, Europe, U.S, France

☆ Fact Check-Macron and Tinubu photos altered to show Obi
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The original photos depicted Nigerian President Bola Tinubu with Macron. However, photos spreading on social media purporting to show Macron beside Obi appear to have been altered, despite users sharing them as if authentic here and here . “Peter Obi with French President, Emmanuel Macron, at the Paris summit in France,” one post reads here . An online search for the images reveals they originally depicted the French President with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu at a State Banquet on June 22. Photos edited to show Peter Obi with Emmanuel Macron originally featured Nigerian President Bola Tinubu with the French president.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Peter Obi, Bola Tinubu, Macron, Obi, “ Peter Obi, ”, Tinubu, Tinubu’s, Nigeria’s, Read Organizations: Anambra State Governor, Macron, Twitter, Nigerian Tribune, Reuters Locations: Anambra, Nigeria, Paris, France

☆ India's slow progress in becoming a chipmaking powerhouse to rival China is bad news for Apple
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apple has long depended on China for manufacturing, but the relationship is getting complex. Two recent developments suggest India's push to become a viable alternative to China — and benefit Apple — are mixed. "Foxconn has determined it will not move forward on the joint venture with Vedanta," Foxconn said in a statement to Reuters. That's a critical blow to Modi, who set out chip manufacturing as a strategic part of his ambitions to level up India. Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal tweeted that the joint venture meant "India's own Silicon Valley is a step closer now."

Persons: Foxconn, —, China's, Luxshare, JP Morgan, Tim Cook, Modi, Madhuri Dixit, Mukesh Ambani, Narendra Modi, That's, Europe's, Anil Agarwal, Agarwal Organizations: Apple, Apple ., Tata Group, Bloomberg, Vedanta, Reuters Locations: China, India, Asia, China's hawkishness, Taiwan, Vietnam, Beijing, Mumbai, iPhones, Karnataka, Modi's, Gujarat, Cupertino

☆ Barclays hires Birchenough as chairman of healthcare investment banking
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( David Carnevali | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NEW YORK, July 7 (Reuters) - Barclays Plc (BARC.L) has hired Jim Birchenough from Wells Fargo & Co (WFC.N) as its chairman of global healthcare investment banking, a spokesperson for the British bank confirmed, after Reuters reported on the appointment on Friday. Birchenough last served as vice chairman of biopharma investment banking at Wells Fargo. In his new role, Birchenough will also lead Barclays' global biopharma investment banking unit alongside Alexis de Rosnay, who joined the bank last year and is taking on an expanded role in addition to his responsibilities as chairman of global healthcare investment banking. More than two dozen U.S. investment bankers have left Barclays since January when it named two new global co-heads of investment banking. They are Cathal Deasy, former co-head of Credit Suisse Group AG investment banking and capital markets, and Taylor Wright, former co-head of Morgan Stanley (MS.N) global capital markets.

Persons: Jim Birchenough, Birchenough, Wells, Alexis de Rosnay, Darren Campili, Jim, Richard Landgarten, Cathal Deasy, Taylor Wright, Morgan Stanley, David Carnevali, Anirban Sen, Mark Porter, Will Dunham, Richard Chang Organizations: YORK, Barclays Plc, Wells Fargo & Co, Reuters, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, Lehman Brothers, Wells, Credit Suisse Group, Thomson Locations: Wells, Wells Fargo, San Francisco, New York

☆ The planet saw its hottest day ever this week. The record will be broken again and again
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Laura Paddison | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —This week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to data from the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. On Monday, the average global temperature reached 17.01 degrees Celsius (62.62 Fahrenheit), the highest since records began. On Tuesday, it climbed even further, to reach 17.18 degrees Celsius. The average temperature for the month was 15.8 degrees Celsius (60.4 Fahrenheit), breaking the previous record by 0.9 degree Celsius. The new global average temperature record is another wake-up call, Otto told CNN.

Persons: Robert Rohde, It’s, ”, Friederike Otto, ” Paul Davies, Otto Organizations: CNN, US National Centers for Environmental, El, Grantham Institute, Climate, Met Office Locations: Berkeley, Texas, Mexico, India, Bihar, China

☆ Putin reassures Asian allies of Russia's stability after mutiny
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a summit of leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) via a video conference call at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, July 4, 2023. Sputnik/Alexander Kazakov/Kremlin via REUTERSMOSCOW, July 4 (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin reassured Asian leaders of Russia's stability and unity on Tuesday in his first appearance at an international forum since the country was rocked by a brief armed mutiny last month. "The Russian people are consolidated as never before," Putin told a virtual meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), a group that also includes China and India. Putin told the group there was a growing risk of a new global economic and financial crisis fuelled by developed countries' debts and worsening food and environmental security. Reporting by Reuters, writing by Mark Trevelyan Editing by Andrew Osborn and Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Alexander Kazakov, Putin, Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Alexander Lukashenko, Mark Trevelyan, Andrew Osborn, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, Kremlin, Sputnik, REUTERS, Fatherland, Moscow, Belarus, SCO, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Russia, Kremlin, REUTERS MOSCOW, China, India, Russian, Ukraine, Iran, United States

The World Bank and others also said they would start adding clauses to lending terms that allow vulnerable states to suspend debt repayments when natural disaster strikes. Specifically, for the first time, the document acknowledged the potential need for richer countries to provide fresh money to multilateral development institutions like the World Bank. Another first was in the explicit target for multilateral development banks to leverage "at least" $100 billion a year in private sector capital when they lend. All eyes now turn to more traditional events later in the year, including the International Monetary Fund and World Bank annual meetings, a G20 meeting in September and the COP28 climate talks in Dubai. Persaud said his focus would be on making sure the plan to scale up multilateral development bank lending was in place by the time of annual meetings in October, and that pilot work began on reducing the cost of capital for developing countries.

Persons: Macron, Mia Mottley, Avinash Persaud, What's, Persaud, Teresa Anderson, They've, Sonia Dunlop, Simon Jessop, Leigh Thomas, Tommy Reggiori Wilkes, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Global, Pact, Reuters, World Bank, International Maritime Organisation, Paris Summit, Climate Justice, ActionAid, International Monetary Fund, Bank, Thomson Locations: Barbados, PARIS, Bridgetown, Zambia, Paris, Dubai

☆ Rich nations pledge to unlock hundreds of billions of dollars for climate fight
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

World leaders and finance leaders attend the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, in Paris on June 23, 2023. The leaders, gathered at a summit in Paris to thrash out funding for the climate transition and post-COVID debt burdens of poor countries, said their plans would secure billions of dollars of matching investment from the private sector. An overdue pledge of $100 billion in climate finance for developing nations was also now in sight, they said. The announcements mark a scaling up of action from the development banks in the fight against climate change and set a direction for further change ahead of their annual meetings later in the year. However, some climate activists were critical of the results.

Persons: Lewis Joly, LEWIS JOLY, Janet Yellen, Harjeet Singh Organizations: New Global Financial, Getty Images, Bank, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Reuters, U.S, IMF, Paris Summit, Climate Action Locations: Paris

☆ Premier Li urges China and Europe to 'rise above differences' at Paris summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Casey Hall | Thomson Reuters | Casey Has Reported On China'S Consumer Culture Her Base In Shanghai For More Than A Decade | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrives for the closing session of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, June 23, 2023 in Paris, France. "China will unequivocally reject trade protectionism and all forms of decoupling and severing of supply chains," Li said on the final day of the two-day summit, adding that China would continue to take practical steps to support its fellow developing countries. "China is ready to be engaged in debt relief efforts in an effective, realistic and comprehensive manner in keeping with the principle of fair burden sharing," Li said. During the summit, Zambia struck a deal to restructure $6.3 billion in debt owed to other governments, including China, its largest official creditor. Reporting by Casey Hall Editing by Christina Fincher & Simon Cameron-MooreOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Li Qiang, Read, Li, Casey Hall, Christina Fincher, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: New Global Financial, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, SHANGHAI, China, Europe, Zambia

☆ France's Macron says leaders finalised accord on $100 bln in climate finance
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Emmanuel Dunand/Pool via REUTERSPARIS, June 23 (Reuters) - Wealthy nations finalised an overdue $100-billion climate finance pledge to developing countries on Friday and created a fund for biodiversity and the protection of forests, France's president said. The $100 billion falls far short of poor nations' actual needs, but has become symbolic of wealthy countries' failure to deliver promised climate funds. This has fuelled mistrust in climate negotiations between countries attempting to boost CO2-cutting measures. Of the $100 billion in SDRs to be rechannelled, Washington has yet to pass legislation to release its share, worth more than one fifth of the total. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that it was a priority for the Biden administration to get approval in Congress.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Emmanuel Dunand, Macron, Janet Yellen, Biden, Leigh Thomas, John Irish, Toby Chopra Organizations: Alliance, Entrepreneurship, New Global Financial, Palais, REUTERS, World Bank, United Nations, Bank, International Monetary Fund, U.S, Treasury, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, REUTERS PARIS, Africa, Washington

LONDON, June 22 (Reuters) - Every country in the world will see rates of diabetes rise in the next 30 years without action, according to a new global study. There are currently 529 million people in the world with diabetes, the study led by researchers at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington found. The majority of the cases are type 2 diabetes, the form of the disease that is linked to obesity and largely preventable, the researchers said. For example, prevalence rates are expected to reach 16.8% in North Africa and the Middle East and 11.3% in Latin America and the Caribbean by 2050, compared to an estimated 9.8% globally. The study, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is part of a wider series on diabetes published on Thursday in The Lancet medical journal.

Persons: ”, Liane Ong, Bill, Melinda Gates, Jennifer Rigby, Aurora Ellis Organizations: Institute of Health, University of Washington, Melinda Gates Foundation, Thomson Locations: North Africa, East, America, Caribbean

☆ We need to ensure climate action effectivess throughout the world, Spanish minister says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe need to ensure climate action effectivess throughout the world, Spanish minister saysSpanish Economy Minister Nadia Calviño discusses the goals of the Summit on a New Global Financing Pact, the state of the Spanish economy and the key issues behind the upcoming general election.

Persons: Nadia Calviño Organizations: Global, Pact Locations: Spanish

Leaders are set to back a push for multilateral development banks like the World Bank to put more capital at risk to boost lending, according to a draft summit statement seen by Reuters. Citing the war in Ukraine, climate crisis, a fledgling pandemic recovery, widening disparity and declining progress, Banga said it was time the World Bank adopted a new vision. The summit aims to create multifaceted roadmaps that can be used over the next 18-24 months, ranging from debt relief to climate finance. Wealthy nations have yet to come good on climate finance that they promised as part of a past pledge to mobilize $100 billion a year, a key stumbling block at global climate talks. Though binding decisions are not expected, officials involved in the summit's planning said some strong commitments should be made about financing poor countries.

Persons: Ajay Banga, Banga, Mia Mottley, John Irish, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Glasgow, Summit, New Global Financial, World Bank, United Nations, Bank, Reuters, Barbados, Bridgetown Initiative, Bretton, International Monetary Fund, International Maritime Organization, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, PARIS, Africa, Ukraine, Banga, Bridgetown, French

☆ Billie Eilish, Lenny Kravitz perform at concert tied to Paris summit
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Yiming Woo | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell perform during the "Power Our Planet: Live in Paris" concert at the Champ de Mars on the sidelines of the Summit for a "New Global Financial Pact" in Paris, France, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Stephanie LecocqPARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - Singers including Billie Eilish and Lenny Kravitz, politicians and activists took to the stage in Paris on Thursday at a concert calling for action on climate change and inequality as world leaders met at the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact. During his set, Kravitz told the crowd: "I want us all to be part of the solution, not the problem". The concert took place amid the gathering of some 40 leaders seeking to give impetus to a new global finance agenda. Reporting by Yiming Woo; Additional reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian; Editing by Cynthia OstermanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, de Mars, Stephanie Lecocq PARIS, Lenny Kravitz, Michelle Yeoh, Eilish, de, Kravitz, Jon Batiste, H.E.R, Diane Kruger, Connie Britton, Yiming Woo, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Summit, Global, REUTERS, Pact, Global Citizen, World Bank, Paris, International Monetary Fund, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Brazil, Kenya, Barbados

☆ Greta Thunberg says France targeting climate activists
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] Climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks during the debate "Activism moves the lines. Conversations on the power of activism", on the sidelines of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, in Paris, France, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Guillaume SaligotPARIS, June 22 (Reuters) - Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Thursday that campaigners were being "systemically targeted with repression" in France, where she attending a finance summit. "We are seeing extremely worrying developments where activists all over the world are experiencing increased repressions just for fighting for our present and our future," the 20-year-old Thunberg said. "For example, here in France just the other day," she added.

Persons: Greta Thunberg, Guillaume Saligot PARIS, Thunberg, Les, wasn't, Richard Lough, Mark Potter Organizations: New Global Financial, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Paris, France

☆ Brazil's Lula discusses Ukraine war, BRICS with South African leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SAO PAULO, June 22 (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday he had discussed the war between Russia and Ukraine and an upcoming BRICS summit with his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa as they met in Paris. Lula has also pitched himself as a peace broker to end the war, which began when Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. The Brazilian leader irritated Western countries earlier this year when he suggested the West had been "encouraging" war by arming Ukraine. "We talked about the next BRICS summit and about President Ramaphosa's trip to Kyiv and Saint Petersburg, as well as the conversations he had with Zelenskiy and Putin," Lula wrote on Twitter after their meeting. Brazil, South Africa and Russia are all members of the BRICS group of emerging nations, which will hold a summit in the African nation in August.

Persons: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Cyril Ramaphosa, Ramaphosa, Vladimir Putin, Lula, Ramaphosa's, Zelenskiy, Putin, Gabriel Araujo, David Gregorio Our Organizations: SAO PAULO, Twitter, New, Pact, Thomson Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Paris, Kyiv, Saint Petersburg, Brazil, South Africa, India, China

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