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Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Athens for his three-day visit where he will meet Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis before heading to a BRICS summit in Brazil. Xi's visit comes on the heels of a four-day trip to Shanghai by new conservative PM Mitsotakis. IMAGES
The collapse in coal prices has hit Chinese coal towns hard with some mining companies operating at a loss and unable to pay their workers, while the government continues to wage its “war on pollution”. Meg Teckman reports.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese greets leaders from the ASEAN forum in Melbourne for a three-day summit. IMAGES
European leaders arrive for an Extraordinary European Summit on aid to Ukraine in Brussels, with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen among the arrivals. IMAGES
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner urges the European Union to "avoid a subsidy race we cannot avoid," warning that the bloc cannot simply follow United States economic policy moves. Speaking in Davos on the last day of the World Economic Forum, Lindner says the EU's "competitive disadvantage" to the US isn't subsidies, but its "private capitals market." SOUNDBITE
The World Economic Forum's annual meeting is in full swing, with journalists and participants alike descending on the glitzy Swiss alpine ski resort of Davos for the yearly gathering of global elites. IMAGES
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