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.
- WorldU.S. aims to raise $200 billion as part of G7 rival to China's Belt & 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.
- Macro MattersBanking body urges decisive wave of global rate hikes to stem inflation, article with image
The world's central bank umbrella group called for interest rates to be raised "quickly and decisively."
- WorldAt least 22 young people die in South African tavern
State broadcaster SABC reported the deaths resulted from a possible stampede, but was scant on details as the exact cause of death remained unknown.
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