Musk backs Lutnick for treasury secretary; G7 leaders reconfirm support for Ukraine, and more
The World in Brief from The Economist
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🗓️ 17 November 2024
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| 1:00.3 | In a statement ahead of November 19th, the 1000th day since the Russian invasion, |
| 1:05.5 | leaders of the G7 group of leading democracies reaffirmed their support for Ukraine and commitment to imposing severe costs on Russia. |
| 1:09.7 | Earlier, Vladimir Zelensky, Ukraine's president, told a Ukrainian media outlet that Donald Trump's |
| 1:14.9 | election victory was sure to bring forward the end of the war. |
| 1:20.3 | Elon Musk, an advisor to Donald Trump, appeared to endorse Howard Lutnik, Mr. Trump's transition |
| 1:25.5 | manager, as America's next Treasury Secretary, |
| 1:28.6 | a post still to be filled. Mr. Musk said that, whereas another candidate represented business as |
| 1:34.3 | usual, Mr. Lutnik, the boss of Cantor Fitzgerald, a financial services firm, would actually enact |
| 1:40.5 | change. Mr. Trump's other cabinet pick suggests business as usual is a disqualifying |
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