Russian missiles hit an apartment block and kindergarten in strikes that U.S. President Joe Biden condemned as "barbarism," while world leaders gathered in Europe to discuss further sanctions against Moscow including an import ban on gold.
- WorldG7 aims to raise $600 billion to counter China's Belt and Road
Increasingly worried about China, G7 leaders first floated plans for the project last year, and are formally launching it now under a fresh title and dropping the moniker "Build Back Better World" first coined by Biden.
- WorldErdogan to meet with leaders of Sweden, Finland before NATO summit, article with gallery
The meeting does not mean that Turkey is backing away from its opposition to the countries joining NATO, a spokesman said.
- CommoditiesOn Japan's farms, a weakening yen adds to slow-burning discontent
Japanese farmer Kiyoharu Hirao has started to add more rice to the mix he gives his cattle in order to stretch his money further as a plunging yen drives up the cost of imported corn used in animal feed.
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