The G20’s role in fixing economic crises is threatened by geopolitical fractures and competition, leaders warned yesterday at a summit in South Africa boycotted by the United States.

Ukraine and its European allies yesterday scrambled to come up with counter-proposals after US President Donald Trump gave Kyiv a tight deadline to approve a deal to end the war that accepts some of Russia’s hardline demands.

Bolsonaro was placed under house arrest in August

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Here are some takeaways from their closely watched encounter

Nigeria is still scarred by the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls by Boko Haram jihadists

The Johannesburg gathering is being attended by a host of world leaders

"We agree on a lot more than I would have thought," Trump said

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said yesterday that the United States, Britain, Germany and France were pursuing a path of “escalation” following the passage of a new resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog.

Israel’s military yesterday carried out a wave of attacks across central and southern Gaza, including in eastern Khan Younis, central Gaza’s Bureij and Maghazi camps and the southern city of Rafah.

Miss Mexico was crowned Miss Universe in Thailand yesterday, strutting to victory after several dramatic missteps before the final round, including staging a walkout when an organiser of the beauty pageant chastised her.

COP30 summit president Brazil released a draft text for a proposed deal for this year’s UN climate summit early yesterday, dropping a proposal to develop a global plan to shift away from fossil fuels that had been included in an earlier version.

The Kremlin yesterday warned Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky to enter negotiations “now” or lose more territory after the US sent Kyiv a peace proposal heeding to many of Moscow’s demands.

US President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders could be executed, calling them traitors and accusing them of “seditious behavior.”

More food supplies are getting into Gaza since the October ceasefire but are still falling short of huge humanitarian needs as winter rains risk spoiling delivered foodstuffs, the UN World Food Programme said yesterday.

Earlier, Machado expressed her intention to travel to Oslo for Dec 10 ceremony

Ukraine said yesterday it had received from Russia the remains of 1,000 people that Moscow said were killed Ukrainian soldiers, in the latest repatriation between the two sides.

The fire was brought under control and no injuries were reported

About 23,000 deaths could have been prevented in England if the first Covid-19 lockdown had been introduced sooner at the start of the pandemic

Pakistan security forces killed 30 militants in two targeted operations near the Afghan frontier, the army said yesterday, a week after a suicide bombing killed 12 people in Islamabad.