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Global Enterprise

Global financial watchdogs to ramp up monitoring of AI

(From left) South Africa's Deputy Minister of Finance David Masondo, South Africa's Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana and South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago address the closing press conference on the last day of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting, Durban, South Africa, July 18, 2025.
International

G20 finance chiefs back central bank independence in first communique since October

Finance Minister Lan Foan calls on all parties to strengthen multilateral cooperation, saying that China supported dialogue and consultation “on equal footing” to settle trade and tariff disputes.
International

China warns G20 global economic growth ‘insufficient’, trade tensions weaken momentum

There are “no winners in trade wars” and China will remain open to the outside world and firmly support free trade and the multilateral trading system, People's Bank of China (PBOC) governor Pan Gongsheng said.
Banking & Finance

China’s central bank chief warns trade frictions threaten trust in world economy

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declines to attend this week's G20 foreign minister meeting, which Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will be at.
Opinion & Features

G20 gyrations threaten multilateral forum’s future

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s remarks add further strain to relations between the US and South Africa, which counts America as its second-biggest trading partner, after China.
International

Rubio snubs G20 meeting citing South Africa’s focus on equality

People crossing railway tracks in Cubal, Angola. The railway is part of the Lobito Corridor that connects the country with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Opinion & Features

Global economic spotlight shifts to Africa this week

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto looks on during a meeting with US President Joe Biden in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on November 12, 2024. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
ESG

Indonesia’s renewable capacity targets not enough to meet new net-zero aim: report

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of World Health Organization (WHO), during a panel session on day two of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024. The annual Davos gathering of political leaders, top executives and celebrities runs from January 15 to 19. Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg
International

WHO chief released from hospital in Rio de Janeiro

At meeting after meeting, from Apec in Peru to G20 in Brazil over the last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping sought to draw a contrast with Trump’s “America First” message, presenting himself as a predictable defender of the multilateral global trade order.
Global Enterprise
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