President Joe Biden, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz In'cio Lula da Silva attend the second day of the G20 Summit at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, November 19, 2024
LEADERS of the world’s 20 major economies have called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for war-torn Gaza and an end to hostilities in the Middle East and Ukraine.
Monday’s joint declaration, which was short on details as to how those goals are to be accomplished, received endorsement from group members but fell short of unanimity.
It also called for a future global tax on billionaires and for reforms to expand the membership of the United Nations security council.
ROGER McKENZIE asks whether the US’s shift to targeting everyone at once will instil greater co-operation among rising powers
ROGER McKENZIE reports on the west African country, under its new anti-imperialist government, taking up the case for compensation for colonial-era massacres
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
