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Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg, Siemens’ Joe Kaeser and IAEA’s Rafael Grossi speak on Day 1 of Reuters Next
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After the extraordinary upheavals of 2020, Reuters Next is bringing together more than 25,000 executives over four days to look ahead at opportunities for change and growth, as well as how to deal with the rifts and problems that our world and our societies face.
FILE PHOTO: Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, delivers a speech during a visit in Paris
We will hear from a diverse group of global leaders and influential thinkers this week including European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, inventor of the World Wide Web, Inrupt CTO Sir Tim Berners-Lee and many more.
Leaders Pledge To Protect Biodiversity At One Planet Summit
Global leaders commit to action and finances for protecting nature and human health in Europe and Africa. The European Commission will launch research on One Health and bring in legislation to prevent goods linked to deforestation from being sold in European markets as part of concerted action to protect local sustainable development and biodiversity.
Speaking virtually on Monday at the 4th edition of the One Planet Summit, an initiative launched by France with the United Nations and the World Bank, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that over the next four years, the commission will invest several hundred million euros for research on biodiversity, animal health, emerging diseases and much more.
British Pound at Risk as Downing Street Weighs Tighter Restrictions
2021-01-11 07:30:00
Daniel Moss,
Analyst
British Pound, GBP/USD, GBP/JPY, Coronavirus Restrictions, Tier 4 Lockdowns – Talking Points:
Equity markets broadly lost ground during APAC trade as climbing US real yields weighed on global risk assets.
The potential tightening of coronavirus restrictions may undermine the British Pound in the coming days.
GBP/USD at risk of further losses after slipping back below 8-EMA.
GBP/JPY could slide lower as price fails to breach key resistance.
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Asia-Pacific Recap
Equity markets broadly lost ground during Asia-Pacific trade as investors weighed the impact of the notable spike in US Treasury yields on global risk assets. Australia’s ASX 200 index fell 0.9% despite better-than-expected retail sales data for November, while China’s CSI 300 index slipped 1.03% amid a fresh outbreak of coronavirus cases on the mainland.
Greek engineering expertise is bringing Saudi Arabia closer to its Vision 2030 goals, cementing historic ties
Greek construction giants Salfo & Associates SA and SETE Saudia are just two players contributing to the Kingdom’s development
Updated 25 March 2021
March 25, 2021 00:00
RIYADH: In recent decades, investors from Greece and Saudi Arabia have collaborated on a number of joint ventures, mirroring the positive trajectory of their engagement on political and diplomatic levels.
Exports from Greece to Saudi Arabia and vice versa have played a prominent role in the flowering of their commercial relationship.
Viewed through the prism of history, the multidimensional ties that bind Greece and Saudi Arabia today are a continuation of Greek-Arab relations that date back centuries. For proof, one need look only at the artifacts preserved in the Riyadh Museum for History and Archeology, including Greek coins, or drachmas, dating back more than 2,000 years.
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Why, yes, thank you, and nice of you to say. Happy New Year to you as well! No, no nothing special. We got pretty good carryout from the Bombay Club, then went to bed well before midnight because I had to be up early for my stint as guest author of Playbook.