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starting with japan where the governing party has elected its new leader to succeed shinzo. a long time ally of the outgoing prime minister this liberal democratic party leadership vote paves the way for him to be placed in a parliamentary vote later this week is japan s longest serving prime minister resigned last month for health reasons robert broads following this one from seoul today hi rob this looks like almost a succession in the end rather than election will be more of the same from a longtime ally of the prime minister. indeed this is always going to be a foregone conclusion but still an impressive margin of victory or he goes super getting nearly 3 quarters of all of the votes cast his 2 rivals coming nowhere near to challenge him but then of course he was always the anointed successor in a way to as shinzo having served as his loyal faithful right had man as the chief cabinet secretary for nearly 8 years very much believing in these so-called conservative economic
protestors and batteries heckled president alexander lukashenko and the main opposition leader calls on the military to switch sides you must tear gas and stun grenades fired at demonstrators and threw don demanding fans to change a year off to a power sharing deal the size. donald trump is the wrong president for the united states that s the overwhelming message from the 1st day of the democratic national convention that will now formally name joe biden as its presidential candidate former 1st lady michelle obama and vermont senator bernie sanders were among a number of prominent democrats and republicans giving speeches at the most about to event they gave damning reviews of trump s term as president while backing joe biden who is said to be formally nominated at the end of the 4 days. this election is the most important in the modern history of this country in response to the unprecedented crisis we face we need an unprecedented response a movement like never before of peo
welcome to the second day of the policy conference. i m the ahead of inflation, oddities research and fidelity in boston and today we have the pleasure of hearing the latest views from the 13th president of the world bank group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a macroeconomic research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. when i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. with that, the floor is yours. i m very pleased to be here. i ve got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the national association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the senate budget committee and the joint economic committee select switched on to be bac
the world bank group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a macroeconomic research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. when i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. with that, the floor is yours. i m very pleased to be here. i ve got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the national association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the senate budget committee and the joint economic committee select switched on to be back and see some old friends. the 1980s was an important time for u.s. growth but like today, the years presented challenges for growth especially for the developing countries there s quite a few topics today