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Multilateral development banks (MDBs) must undergo big changes in the way they operate to eliminate poverty, triple sustainable lending levels by 2030 and create a new funding mechanism to further its agenda, a G20 panel said in a report on Tuesday.

The final rule applies to certain employers in high-hazard industries with 100 or more workers.

A heatwave in the Gaza Strip that has sent temperatures over 38 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) worsened power shortages and sparked discontent among residents who expressed frustration with the ruling Islamist Hamas group.

The decision by Britain's antitrust regulator to rip up its play book for Microsoft shows the limit of its ability to kill mega-deals on its own, even if some agreed with its opposition to the U.S company's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

A look at the day ahead in markets from Mike Dolan

Ben McCabe contract details, salary breakdowns, payroll salaries, bonuses, career earnings, market value, transactions and statistics.

Germany added 60% more onshore wind capacity in the first half of 2023 than a year earlier at a total of 1,565 megawatts (MW), but needs far more to reach its 2030 target, wind industry lobbies said on Tuesday.

The European Union is seeking to transport more Ukrainian grains via road and rail to help make up for Russia's withdrawal from a U.N.-backed Black Sea exports deal, the bloc's leaders and officials said.

Japan will establish a liquefied natural gas (LNG) reserve system this year to secure gas resources for "unexpected situations", industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura said on Tuesday.

Current investments in gas infrastructure are falling short of what is needed, officials at an industry conference in Japan said on Wednesday, citing the role they say the fuel has to play in both global energy security and the transition to net zero.