Qatar on Saturday denounced recent comments by Lebanese information minister George Kordahi that stirred a growing diplomatic rift with Gulf Arab countries, a statement from the media office of the Qatari foreign ministry said.
Political leaders must give "concrete hope" to future generations that they are taking the radical steps neededto tackle climate change when they meet at COP26, Pope Francis said in a message released in Friday.
China published rules on Friday that require its globally systemically important banks to beef up capacity to absorb losses to head off financial instability.
China's President Xi Jinping will participate in the Group of 20 (G20) leaders' summit in Rome on Oct. 30-31 via video link, according to a notice from China's foreign ministry on Friday.
Russian gas giant Gazprom on Friday said it had reached its target level in Russian gas storage, but would continue injecting gas into domestic storage until Nov. 8.