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Many world leaders and activists expressed disappointment this weekend with the climate deal that emerged from two weeks of heated negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland - warning that countries will have to strengthen their commitments if they want to avert disastrous consequences and help at-risk nations cope with the damage thats already occurring from climate change.

More than 100 world leaders representing more than 85% of the worlds forests will pledge to halt deforestation over the next decade Tuesday at COP26, the U.N. climate summit underway in Glasgow, Scotland.

ROME - President Joe Biden and the other national leaders gathered for the Group of 20 summit formally endorsed a new global minimum tax on Saturday, capping months of negotiations over the groundbreaking tax accord.

BEIRUT - Lebanon's minister of information stepped aside on Sunday, the first cabinet resignation since the explosion that tore through the capital last week, but falling far short of demands of protesters enraged at the country's political elite. 

World leaders have a minefield of issues to clear, from trade and territorial disputes to a humanitarian crisis

Singapore's prime minister made an impassioned plea Monday for open markets and warned "political pressures" were driving countries apart, in a swipe at rising protectionism at the start of a gathering of world leaders.

Accra - World leaders past and present, traditional rulers and global royalty on Thursday joined the family of Kofi Annan, as the former UN secretary general's state funeral took place in his native Ghana.

China Daily compiles a photo gallery of Jack Ma, Alibaba's co-founder and chairman, showing him with world leaders. Jack Ma announced in an open letter that he will step down in a year's time as the chair of the company he founded 20 years ago.

Twitter announced Friday it would not block the accounts of world leaders even if their statements are "controversial," citing a need to promote a "public conversation" on political issues.

World leaders shared the spotlight with a 12-year-old Pacific islander on Wednesday to drive home a plea for urgent climate action despite the Trump administration's rejection of a planet rescue plan.

The Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to serving heads of state or government several times since the honour was first handed out in 1901. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos receives it Saturday for his "resolute" efforts to end five decades of war in his country, as enshrined in a historic peace accord signed with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

Bhutan announces day of mourning