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Johnson set for collision with Macron during climate talks

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Bloomberg Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron are heading for a full frontal collision in the next 48 hours that threatens to disrupt the United Nations’ climate summit. Macron’s government is on Tuesday set to introduce additional controls on goods moving across its border with the UK and block British fishing boats from unloading their catches ...

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro tells Merkel at G-20: ‘I’m not as bad as people say’

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Bloomberg Brazil’s controversial president and climate skeptic, Jair Bolsonaro, cut a lonely figure at the Group of 20 summit. That is until Angela Merkel sidled up to him at dinner in Rome. The two had an unusually frank chat that morphed into a friendly and meaningful conversation between two leaders with different world views, according to two G-20 officials who ...

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Japan’s coalition poised to keep power

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Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party may be on track for its worst election result in 12 years, but is expected to stay in power with help from its junior coalition partner, according to exit polling by broadcaster NHK from Sunday’s election. The LDP alone is set to win 212-253 seats in the 465-seat body after the vote, ...

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