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Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveils the government's budget proposal for 2024 to the House of Commons in Ottawa. IMAGES
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire and former French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe are greeted by Renault CEO Luca de Meo as they arrive at the Renault Group site in Sandouville to tour of the industrial line of the auto maker's plant in Normandy. IMAGES
UK Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt poses outside 11 Downing Street with the red, leather-covered box containing his speech before leaving to present the spring budget to parliament. Britain's Conservative government is expected to use the budget update to unveil tax cuts for millions of workers, in an attempt to woo voters before a general election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party, which has been in power since 2010, is well behind the main opposition Labour party in opinion polls and looks likely to be dumped out of office. 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
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is welcomed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, and United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he arrives at COP28 in Dubai. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).