. REUTERS (UK)
G7 aims to raise $600 billion to counter China’s Belt and Road
Group of Seven leaders on Sunday pledged to raise $600 billion in private and public funds over five years to finance needed infrastructure in developing countries and counter China’s older, multitrillion-dollar Belt and Road project.
. NIKKEI ASIA (JAPAN)
Japan’s female election candidates aim for diversity breakthrough
Record 33% ratio of women on ballots seen as just a ‘start’
. THE RIO TIMES (BRAZIL)
Stadium collapses killing at least four in Colombia
At least four people have died, including a one-year-old boy, and over 100 are injured after a wooden bullfighting stadium collapsed on Sunday in El Espinal, Colombia. Amid the carnage, a bull escaped into the streets of the town.
. THE GUARDIAN (UK)
Ecuador at standstill after two weeks of protests over cost of living crisis
Ecuador has been brought to a near standstill after two weeks of tumultuous protests over a spike in fuel and food prices as global inflation inflames discontent over widening inequality across Latin America.
. AL JAZEERA (QATAR)
Iraqi PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi in Iran after MBS visit
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrived in Tehran on Sunday at the head of a high-level delegation to hold talks with Iranian officials following a visit to Saudi Arabia.