Bessent is leading the Trump administration's plan to choke off Iran's economy by threatening its business partners with secondary sanctions.
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WorldPingG20 finance leaders wrapped up two days of talks in Ashville, North Carolina, on Tuesday with broad backing for a final statement, despite tensions over Russia’s participation and divisions with China.
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US Treasury Secretary Bessent urges other G20 countries to do more to protect their economies from Chinese imports.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Cairo and was greeted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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WorldPingEvery day, new bodies are recovered in Nepal, but many remain unidentifiable. Several days after the disaster, some are already in an advanced state of decomposition. Morgues in the country's main cities are reaching capacity.
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Oil trading is becoming more accessible to individual investors as smaller futures contracts, ETFs and online brokerages lower longtime barriers to the market.
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WorldPingPowerful nations interested in the Pacific have raced in recent years to shore up alliances among its leaders, intensifying a contest for influence between China and the U.S., Taiwan and forum members Australia and New Zealand…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
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